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UCLA Student's Anti-Asian YouTube Rant: Do Colleges Need Mandatory Diversity Classes?
UCLA junior Alexandra Wallace's anti Asian rant raises the question—should colleges teach how to work with people from diverse backgrounds?
Education
Ivy League Fooled: How America's Top Colleges Avoid Real Diversity
Each year the nation's top colleges trumpet their ever-growing populations of minority students. But "minority" may not mean what you think it does.
Education
Should Diversity Be a Mandate of Elite Public Schools?
Some of the best public schools in the country have a dearth of black and Hispanic students.
Education
Costumed Controversy: Should Schools Celebrate Halloween?
Halloween is here, but is your local school celebrating it? Maybe not.
Cities
Is Los Angeles the Most Diverse City in America?
It all depends on whom you ask—and how they measure.
Business
Hiring Like a Startup, Not a Restaurant
What startups look for: a knack for problem solving, appetite for risk, and diversity.
Education
Why We Can't Accept De Facto School Segregation
Student achievement at majority-minority schools is critical, but we should put equal energy into creating effective, integrated campuses.
Education
The Best Parody Ever of UCLA Student Alexandra Wallace's Anti-Asian Rant
Singer Jimmy Wong shows the infamous, intolerant ranter some, er, love.
Education
Do State Legislators Need a College Degree?
Almost 25 percent of state legislators don't have a bachelor's degree. Does America need lawmakers with more schooling?
Cities
The New Melting Pot: Why Toronto Beats New York on Diversity
How did Toronto become a model for multiculturalism and diversity?
Business
Global Economics Gets a Facelift With The Atlas of Economic Complexity
An atlas unlike any you've ever seen.
Education
Let Us Now Praise Courageous Men
First, Judge Vaughn Walker's pronouncement: “Proposition 8 cannot withstand any level of scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause." Walker...
Education
Help Decide Which High School Gets Obama as a Commencement Speaker
Six high schools are competing for the President to be their graduation speaker, and it's (partially) up to a public vote.
The Community Board
We share 97% of their DNA...
In just five years there will be no Orang-utans living in the rainforests of Borneo, because there will be no rainforests. Today the continued...
News
MIT's Diversity Problem
An internal audit of promotion practices among faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that underrepresented minorities...
Culture
The Color Game
Videogame insiders discuss a lack of diversity in the industry-and what to do about it. Last week in Las Vegas, I led a panel at the DICE Summit....
Education
Elite NYC Public Schools' Diversity Problem
Hunter College High School has a lot of famous alumni, from Pulitzer Prize-winners to New York Times journalists to university presidents to...
