Colleges and universities are legally required to attempt to prevent and redress sexual violations on campus. Neo-institutional theory suggests that the implementation of law by compliance professionals rarely achieves law's goals. It is critical in claims-based systems that those who are potential claimants understand the law. This article…

An Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) is an institution of higher education with an undergraduate Hispanic student enrollment of 25% or more. The purpose of this brief essay is to share the author's perspective as both a teacher and leader at an HSI. He begins by providing a context for understanding his experiences and then shares some of what he…

It may seem as if colleges and universities across the United States support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) faculty, staff, and students. After all, the employer database of the Human Rights Campaign, using self-reported data, identifies 567 colleges and universities offering protection against discrimination, including 96…

This document is the final report of a commission charged with developing recommendations towards reforming intercollegiate athletics. It summarizes the reforms already in place and the challenges still to be addressed. The opening section notes the dramatic change in public perception of college athletics that have taken place over the 3 years…

This book addresses the issue of angry campus confrontations over issues of race, gender, and ethnicity, and more broadly, the dilemma of the college's and university's ability and desire to attain the goals of liberal education while also desiring to be "politically correct." It is noted that student activists have split the university…