The White House issued a report providing strategies for higher education institutions to advance diversity and opportunities on college campuses after the Supreme Court’s ruling against race-based admissions.
“The Supreme Court got it wrong, and we thought that the message that it sends is the wrong message that we need in our country,” Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told theGrio.
After the high court’s decision to effectively end race-based affirmative action in admissions, Cardona said the Biden-Harris administration swiftly met with college and civil rights leaders to think through ways to “make sure that our campuses are as beautifully diverse as our country.”
The product of that brain trust is a four-tier approach that includes investing in targeted outreach, placing “meaningful emphasis” on student diversity, resiliency, and inspiration in the admissions process, increasing affordability for students, and cultivating supportive environments by providing material support for students of color.
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