One University’s Response to Students’ Demands on Race: Radical Transparency

When student protesters first issued a list of demands they said were needed to improve the racial climate at Emory University, Ajay Nair didn’t want to think his campus had a problem. But Mr. Nair, Emory’s senior vice president and dean of campus life, recalled what it was like to be a student of color at a predominantly white institution. It wasn’t easy.