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The article focuses on report "The Decline of Freedom of Speech and Policy Debates on Campus," based on research conducted by Mark Yudof, president emeritus of the University of California, with a team of graduate students on the lack of debate diversity at colleges and universities in the U.S. Topics include exposing students to different perspectives on national policy issues such as affirmative action, gender identity and immigration; and responsibility of campus for intellectual diversity.

The article focuses on the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) critique on Title IX citing its chilling effect on free speech and due process rights in college campuses. Topics include Title IX as a liberal equal opportunity law in 1972 and civil rights complaints filed at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Education (ED) under Norma Cantu as Title IX enforcer. Also cited is sexual policing under Title IX enforcer Russlyn Ali in the term of Barack Obama.

In this article the author discusses outcomes of the case "Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin," in which the plaintiff had accused the University of Texas (UT) for racial discrimination in the admission process. The author believes that ruling of the court in this case makes it harder to hide race-based measures used in college admissions. It also provides practical ways for academics and others to challenge affirmative action on campus based on the above mentioned case.

An essay on how affirmative action contributed to a controversial increase in college enrollment in the U.S. is presented. The author offers his opinion on several questions related to the issue which include whether affirmative action caused higher education bubble, the costs of preferences, and the future of racial preferences. It concludes that it is likely that affirmative discrimination will decrease if higher education bubble deflates.

The article presents the author's views on a research examined by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights which found that attending elite schools is not always best for science or engineering students. She discusses the results of the research and various issues related to pursuing a science or engineering degree including underrepresented minorities in admissions and race-based admission policies. She comments that students must be advised to take courses that are suitable for them.

Ponders on the diversity of universities and colleges in Michigan. Definition of diversity according to the College Board; Role of race in achieving diversity; Race neutral alternatives to achieve diversity.

Presents a list of information sources on topics of academic interest. Details of an article published in the "New York Times" about the consequences of affirmative action programs in education in the U.S.; Features of the HundredPercenter Web site about publicly funded regents examinations on global history in New York; Information on a report by economists Inas Rashad and Michael Grossman on the possible causes of an increase in obesity cases in the U.S.

The article presents abstract of articles published within the issue which include "The Liberal Arts Bubble," by John Agresto, "Affirmative Discrimination and the Bubble," by Roger Clegg, and "High School Flight from Reading and Writing," by Will Fitzhugh.