Brown University on Wednesday announced plans to increase diversity on campus despite a Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action admissions practices.
Some experts believe the school is following in the footsteps of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), which has made public attempts to circumvent the court's ruling in ways that could lead to litigation. Brown's approach includes deploying recruiters across the country, activating the university's alumni network for outreach, and creating “targeted communications campaigns.” According to Go to news release.
“Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision that significantly limited the consideration of race in admissions decisions, Professor Brown is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community as integral to our mission of academic excellence. “We remain committed to complying with the law,” said President Francis J. Kennedy. Doyle III and Interim Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity Patricia Poitevian said in a statement. “The University is focused on recruiting, enrolling, and retaining a diverse student community and is focused on ensuring that high-quality, diverse students apply to Brown University and have access to resources if admitted.” We have developed a series of concrete actions that will require them to register.
In 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action admissions policies were unconstitutional after the Students for Fair Admissions group accused them of unfairly discriminating against Asian students. This argument was demonstrated by the large increase in Asian enrollment at Brown University and many other universities in the first year following affirmative action admissions policies. Prohibited. In 2024, Asian students accounted for approximately 33% of Brown University's student population, compared to 29% in 2023.
University of California Los Angeles announced That method of circumventing the court's decision immediately after the verdict included many of the techniques that Brown now boasts about. This strategy of manipulating diversity has drawn criticism for potentially violating the law, and some experts who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation said the school could be the target of a lawsuit and the president-elect He believes it could become a “prime target” for the administration's Justice Department. (Related: UCLA's blueprint to increase diversity and avoid SCOTUS ruling could be a 'prime target' for Trump Justice Department)
Whether some universities are complying with affirmative action rulings is questionable after Yale, Princeton, and Duke Universities reported little or no change in student demographics for their freshman classes. Questions have already been raised, suggesting that universities may still be illegally racially gerrymandering their student populations.
.@UCLA They may still engage in racially discriminatory gerrymandering of student organizations in violation of California law and the Supreme Court's decision in the Harvard case. I talked to @Jaryn_Crouson about it. (link below) pic.twitter.com/fMvTlc9uYq
— Giancarlo Canaparo (@GCCanaparo) December 3, 2024
Brown did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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