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 Amid clampdown on DEI, some on campuses push back

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. – It doesn’t take much searching to spot the fallout from the newest Florida law seeking to erase DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion, from public campuses. The staff offices at Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Inclusion, Diversity Education and Advocacy are abandoned, with nameplates gone and posters and pamphlets left behind.

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Will the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action?

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This story also appeared in CBS News Beneath the inscription, a clock marks the time and dates when three swaddled newborns depicted in large photos entered the world: Ashley, now 19, Emily, 17, and Brianna, 11. Some have cited advice from legal counsel in declining to release the racial and ethnic composition for the class of 2028.

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OPINION: Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation and the end of affirmative action signal to Black people that they will never belong

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Gay’s appointment was both applauded as a sign of Harvard’s racial progress and derided as a “diversity hire.” Attending Harvard has always been a dream to strive for, a way to perpetuate race and class-based hierarchies — to effectively define who belongs at the “top” of society and who doesn’t. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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COLUMN: Why some in higher education are freaking out about new affirmative action showdown

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After the pandemic forced classes online, Harvard University junior Swathi Kella watched classmates from an array of backgrounds and races pop onto her screen, their names and faces far more diverse than those of her New Jersey high school. What will our institutions look like if we don’t take race into consideration?”.

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College admissions is already broken. What will happen if affirmative action is banned?

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How is race and ethnicity considered in college admissions? A Supreme Court dominated by conservatives could disrupt more than 40 years of legal precedent in how race and ethnicity are considered in college admissions. It’s crunch time for thousands of high school seniors seeking spots at selective U.S.

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OPINION: The Supreme Court just revealed what we already know — Meritocracy is a myth

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Institutions were finally beginning to address the historical exclusion of degree-aspiring students based on race or ethnicity. Now that colleges are banned from considering race, what other criteria of admission will gain more weight? Obtaining a college degree has tremendous transformative power.

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Many flagship universities don’t reflect their state’s Black or Latino high school graduates

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In the coming weeks, the Supreme Court will rule about whether colleges can consider race in admissions decisions, deciding two cases, Students for Fair Admissions v. Eight of the 10 flagships with the biggest gaps for Black students do not consider race in admissions. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v.

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