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Report Suggests Reforms if Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although the exact scope of the decision can’t be known, it seems clear that the court’s conservative majority will strike down the consideration of race in admissions. Although the court’s ruling upheld affirmative action, it changed its permissible motivation: no longer could schools consider race to achieve social justice purposes.

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Planning to Meet Your School’s Student and Operational Needs

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

A record $38 million was raised for undergraduate financial aid in FY2019 to attract top students. “ Scholarships allow us to attract the best students from around the world, regardless of their financial or geographic background,” said Stuart Schmill ’86, dean of admissions and student financial services.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm, I don’t care if people want to look at this from a social justice angle or from an economics angle. Again, how colleges and universities are going to comport themselves is very dependent on state policy and the state. Either way, it’s wrong. Faculty are the most impactful in enrollment.

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How College Transforms Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

College is as much a social as an academic experience, and interactions with peers and professors alter students’ attitudes and values, usually in a more liberal and tolerant direction, and socialize undergraduates in certain ideas, beliefs, and outlooks. Their faculty take teaching and mentoring seriously.

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DEIJ Annual Report for 2022-2023

Goucher DEI

Dear Goucher community, With our fall semester now well underway, I thought I’d provide everyone with a brief update on the progress we’ve made this past year on the diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice goals we spelled out for ourselves in our strategic plan , Cultivating Global Changemakers.

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The Supreme Court affirmative action hearings: a guide for the overwhelmed

EAB

To recap some basics, on October 31 the Supreme Court heard arguments related to lawsuits that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) brought against Harvard College and the University of North Carolina, in connection with these institutions’ race-conscious admissions practices. What has been contested since [Brown v.

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Leading From the Intersection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The core of my leadership was formed by the combined strengths of my own layered identities, and my practice and decision-making, whether focused on my commitment to racial and social justice or simply my ability to listen to students and colleagues, is shaped by the multilayered identities I bring to leadership.