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The Resilient Voice of Justice: The Role of the Black Church in Response to the Affirmative Action Ruling

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The June 29, 2023, Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action abruptly ended race-conscious admissions practices in higher education, eroding nearly 50 years of precedent. Ellis The National Council of Churches vehemently opposed the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action in college admissions. Dr. Antonio L.

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court decided in July to strike down race-based college and university admissions. You belong These days, as Dr. Regina Stokes Offodile, the newly appointed associate dean of student affairs and admissions at CDU, lectures, gathers, and shepherds her new future physicians, she is enjoying what she calls “a full circle moment.”

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Denying Black History is Morally Reprehensible

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Contrary to what Trainor writes, there is no legal prohibition against a colleges decision to abandon standardized testing, or to have necessary and valuable campus education programs to teach students how to construct productive communities amid great diversity.

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2023 Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Supreme Court dismantled decades of legal precedent in June, ruling against race-conscious college admissions and bringing an end to affirmative action practices in higher education. Under his leadership, the school saw improved enrollment and educational programs as well as its transition from a college to a university.