Tag: religion

A recent study by researchers at Pennsylvania State University and Oklahoma State University has revealed that the majority of U.S. colleges and universities do...

Over the weekend, archbishop of Washington D.C., Wilton Gregory became the first African-American cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.  Alongside Gregory, Pope Francis raised 12...

Schools design inclusive spaces where students can find support, fellowship Too often, campus spaces are designed without specific groups or identities in mind. Yet considering...

Diversity Champions exemplify an unyielding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative levels. INSIGHT...

In 2015, Virginia Tech police responded to a threat — made via graffiti in a campus bathroom — to “kill all Muslims” on a...

Diversity Champions exemplify an unyielding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their campus communities, across academic programs, and at the highest administrative levels. INSIGHT Into...

The author of a controversial bill meant to protect the rights of LGBTQ college students agreed Wednesday to remove a key provision of the...

The majority of college freshmen believe their colleges should be welcoming of individuals from diverse religious backgrounds, a new survey reveals; however, those same...

After several months of controversy over former Provost Stanton Jones’ decision to fire tenured professor Larycia Hawkins for donning a hijab — a show...

DePaul University in Chicago, Ill., has long been an institution representative of diversity and inclusion. The school was founded in 1898 by the Congregation...

Catholicism has not traditionally been seen as a home for the LGBTQ community. Even after considering Pope Francis’ more progressive views in recent years,...

Goshen College in Indiana and Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in Harrisonburg, Va., have voluntarily withdrawn from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU)...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that since the civil war in Syria began in 2011, 7.6 million...

A new long-term study aims to track changes in students’ attitudes and behaviors in regard to faith and diversity using surveys. This fall, incoming freshmen...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, color, race, national origin, and religion. The law’s protections...

A U.S. District Court has ruled that Hofstra University student Iknoor Singh is not required to shave his beard, cut his hair, or stop...

A growing number of U.S. college students show no religious preference, according to a 2014 survey conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles’...

Elon University takes pride in its origins in the traditions of the United Church of Christ. That heritage equips us to value civil and...

President Obama joined a liberal professor and a conservative economist this week at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty, held at Georgetown University,...

In dealing with a health crisis, patients will often turn to their religious beliefs and practices to help them cope. Yet many physicians and...

As religious diversity grows on campus, so do potential conflicts between holidays and university events A few weeks after the start of fall classes this...