<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">This week, the Institute
will not be hosting a hybrid forum on a specific topic. Instead, the
Institute offices will be open by 3:30pm on Wednesday, Feb. 14, for whatever conversations you would like
to have. In particular, I welcome some thoughts on topics worth
organizing Institute events around. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><b>Next week (Feb. 21 at 3:30pm)</b> the <span class="gmail-JtukPc">Institute for Ethics
in Public Life and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
present "College access after the end of affirmative action." <br></span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-JtukPc"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">
<span class="gmail-JtukPc"><span>In June, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court
effectively banned the use of race-conscious admissions policies
("affirmative action") at colleges other than the military academies.
This marks the end of an era, and raises significant questions about the
ability of colleges and universities to actively promote diversity,
equity, and inclusion on campus.<br></span><span> </span><br><span>Colleges
and universities began to adopt affirmative action policies during the
1960s in response to the persistent lack of diversity on campus. While
outright segregation in higher education had not been legal since Brown
v. Board of Education (1954), until affirmative action policies were
adopted minorities remained significantly underrepresented on college
campuses.<br></span><span></span><br><span>Since 1970 racial and ethnic
diversity has dramatically increased on American campuses, in part due
to affirmative action. As affirmative action politics succeeded in
promoting diversity on campus, they also became more controversial. In
particular, college affirmative action policies have been under attack
for years on the grounds that they constitute discrimination against
white and Asian applicants. Writing for a 6-3 majority, Chief Justice
Roberts basically accepted that argument.<br></span><br><span>With
race-conscious admissions policies no longer allowed, what impact is
this likely to have on diversity on college campuses? What can
institutions seeking to promote diversity on campus do, and how
successful are such efforts likely to be? </span><br><span> </span><br><span>Please
join us and our special guest, SUNY Plattsburgh Director of
Undergraduate Admission Troy Joseph, as we discuss these issues. </span><br><span> </span><br><span>You are welcome to join us in person at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life (Hawkins 233) or on Zoom.</span><br><span> </span><br>Topic: Institute and ODEI forum on after affirmative action<br>Time: Feb 9, 2024 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<br><br>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/98768431929&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1708086471571071&usg=AOvVaw3kgt20SYIXhm3_68bg9reU" target="_blank">https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/98768431929</a><br><br>Meeting ID: 987 6843 1929</span>
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