Some of the latest developments in the debates over race on campus include criticism of the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, a new clothing line, a board meeting that was forced to move, unusual activism by medical students and a ban on the Confederate flag and swastikas. Trustees Relocate Amid Protests - The board of Portland State University left the room in which it was meeting Thursday, deciding it could not continue its meeting as students were shouting at trustees, The Oregonian reported. The board finished its meeting via phone. The university announced that it would meet one of the students' demands: that new meeting spaces would be created for black and Asian students on campus. (Latino students already have such a meeting space.)

December 14, 2015 ・ From Inside Higher Ed