Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marybeth Gasman writes about racism, philanthropy, HBCUs & faculty. CUNY’s BRES initiative responds to a long-standing gap within ...

Sociology Asst. Prof. Chandra Waring became acutely aware of her biracial identity at an early age, when her family moved from a military base in Germany to Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia, ...

This chapter provides the foundations for the report, beginning with a set of scientific and ethical principles that grounded the committee’s work. Race and ethnicity are often used and defined ...

The sociology of migration examines how human mobility reshapes societies, identities and power relations. Migration interacts with ethnicity when newcomers and established groups negotiate belonging, ...

While half of Americans disapprove of taking race and ethnicity into account in college admissions decisions for the purpose of increasing diversity and a third approve, the public offers a mix of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to limit affirmative action in higher education is likely to have the biggest impact on a relatively small group of schools – primarily highly selective private ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish an ad hoc committee to assess the use of the social constructs of race and ethnicity in biomedical research. The study will ...