Diversity

Gov. Jerry Brown considers signing a landmark bill that would extend state financial aid to illegal immigrants. At a time of skyrocketing demand for assistance, that makes some legal students anxious.

A Facebook post announcing plans by a UC Berkeley Republican group to sell baked goods priced according to race, gender and ethnicity - "White/Caucasian" pastries for $2 and "Black/African American" pastries for 75 cents, for example - has drawn outrage on campus.

Current student body is campus' most diverse ever, officials say

New legislation, aggressive recruiting among reasons for new record

A student who was denied admission to the University of Texas has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the university’s consideration of race in undergraduate admission decisions.

UW-Madison waged an all-day offensive Tuesday against a charge that it engages in discriminatory admissions practices — as students and staff rallied on Bascom Hill, hijacked a press conference and disputed the findings of the admissions allegation.

The 2010 U.S. census counted 50.5 million Hispanics, up from 35.3 million in 2000. The population will triple in size and account for most of the country’s population growth through 2050, according to projections from the Pew Hispanic Center.

In 2006, Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved Proposal 2, ending state-sponsored discrimination via race-based preferences in college admissions, hiring, and contracting. But a recent federal court ruling has temporarily overturned the will of Michigan voters, opening the door for affirmative action’s return to Michigan.

A federal appeals court says it will take a fresh look at a decision that overturned Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions and government hiring.

A University of Iowa radiologist’s legal battle to save his job escalated dramatically Friday with another radiologist’s claims that a department head repeatedly made racist and exploitative remarks about employees and an accusation that officials paid hush money to keep quiet the “defective treatment” of patients.