Dominique, a Black electrical engineering doctoral student, found herself in an awkward situation in the lounge of a hotel where she had been attending a conference on science. A white man at her ...

groups -- racial stereotypes -- are thought by many people to be an essential element of intergroup relations. Those attitudes play an important role in shaping the overall environment in which ...

When elementary school classmates would play house, Mary Ann Warren was asked to be the maid. The experience stuck with Warren, who learned to speak out against injustice. Warren, a 58-year-old ...

If members of a social group are aware that people have negative opinions about their ability to succeed in a certain discipline, can that awareness cause them to perform poorly? That’s what ...

Recent public generalizations of certain groups of students within Boston University, including the release of “The BC,” are causing students and professors to question where these stereotypes ...

A group of students from Corona del Mar High School laid their racial and cultural stereotypes out on the table in an open discussion among peers Saturday. The gathering was the inaugural meeting of ...

American students today are more comfortable than ever celebrating their identities in terms of race, class, sexual orientation or gender. But stereotypes continue nonetheless. NewsHour’s Student ...

We’ve talked before about students underperforming because of gender stereotypes, but Education Week‘s Lesli Maxwell has a story up on gifted students underperforming due to racial stereotypes. Gifted ...

As an athlete who went through the intensive recruiting process at Georgetown University, I can assure you that stereotypes about student-athletes being accepted solely to play a sport are simply ...

This is the first of two stories in a series titled, “Far from Home: Navigating Brown,” which explores the experiences of international students at the University. For some students, coming to the ...

Someone who’s devoted their career to teaching is trying to figure out how to reach a student. The student is obstinate, unwilling to follow direction. Despite instructions, then directions, then ...