Bruce Shepard

Although he is bringing up a valid issue that should be talked about, Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard has been employing tone-deaf rhetoric that only obfuscates the discussion about race and education.

In a convocation speech, referring to the racial makeup of the 15…

You know it’s a slow news week when a CBS crew invades the quiet Western Washington University campus in Bellingham (where I'm a journalism student and the former managing editor of The Western Front).
The people from CBS—and so many others in the news media—are responding to a fake…

He's drawn plenty of fire for saying Western Washington University is too white. The Western president is defending his comments, telling KIRO Radio's Dave Ross it's time for frank talk about race and diversity.

Ross Reynolds talks with Western Washington University President Dr. Bruce Shepard about his concerns for the lack of diversity at Western and other schools across the country.

In a recent convocation speech, Shepard sparked a debate over his statement: "If we are as white in 10…

The president of Western Washington University is under fire from conservative media for bluntly saying that WWU will have “failed as a university” if its faculty and student body “are as white in 10 years as we are today.”

Bruce Shepard has incurred the wrath of the campusreform.org…

A controversial questionnaire is making the rounds on a university campus north of Seattle. It comes from the school's president. He is making no apologies, despite the backlash.

Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard said, "My role as a leader is to ask questions…