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Supreme Court's Hollow Ruling One Year Later: Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Students Left Behind in the Pursuit of a 'Race-Blind' Agenda’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the fall of 2018, I was a student organizer for affirmative action and one of eight alumni who took the federal witness stand in the lawsuit Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), Inc. President and Fellows of Harvard College. Despite the media attention and racialized division that this case drew, the U.S. This injustice must end.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

Taken together, open access admission policies and challenges to student engagement in the community college context present a unique opportunity for utilizing student workers as learning assistants. As the LA model has evolved since 2018, we have found several features of our program stood out as the most impactful for participants.

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Reducing Barriers Like Standardized Test Requirements Expands Access

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We compared the predictive performance of academic ratings among students enrolled in the Fall 2021 and 2022 cohorts admitted under a test-optional policy with those students who entered Fall 2016-2018 under a test-required policy. Test-required and test-optional admissions policies yielded similar predictive power for academic success.

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Bridging Pathways for Military-Connected Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although we have general demographics about veterans, such as approximately 15% are age 18 to 23 (Department of Veteran Affairs, 2018), closely examining who the military-connected learners are within your community college community is vital. 2) Who are your military-connected learners and how do you know?

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Some Math and Economics Related to Race and Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Supreme Court recently ruled that race could not be used in determining admissions at colleges and universities. Like most white students, most Black and Hispanic students enroll in colleges and universities that have essentially open admissions. That is one percent of all Black and Hispanic 18-year-olds.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%. Through the Alliance to Accelerate Excellence in Education, CSUSM guarantees admission to eligible high school students in 18 districts, many with majority Latinx populations. Currently, 60.1% of the Fresno State student population is Latinx.

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Pushing to No Longer Keep Meredith College a ‘Best-Kept Secret’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She enjoys being able to see how budgets function, how admissions and financial aid operate, and how campus security is run. From 2012 to 2018, Meredith also carried out its largest fundraising campaign yet, raising more than $90 million. Jo Allen, the retiring president of Meredith College, enjoys the administrative part of higher ed.