Anyone know what “students of color” means?

No? Well, apparently, that’s the not-so-descriptive, generic category that everyone who isn’t “white” or an international falls into at Princeton.

That’s right -- Latinos, Asian-Americans and African-Americans all get labeled with this nice, neat, yet mildly offensive descriptor, and thanks to its ...

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Lisa L. Martin, Harvard’s first diversity dean and chair of the Standing Committee on Women, is leaving the Ivy League and heading to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, but before she heads out the door, she’s airing her grievances -- in true Festivus form.

According to Martin, one reason female and minority recruitment continues to dimin...

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For an inner-city student transported to a predominantly white school in small-town America the challenges are numerous. Culture shock! Fitting in! Local animals that are not rats!
 

But have no fear, their posse is here!
 

The Posse Foundation scholarship program (yes, it’s really called that) brings minority students to top-tier universities, ...

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