Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 16, 2025
Enrollment data for the first law school class since the Supreme Court struck down the affirmative action in college admissions was released last December, and Dr. Sari Kisilevsky there was much concern about sharp declines in admission of Black and Hispanic students to elite law schools. This puts law schools in a bind.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 13, 2024
Newly released data reveals that, although students of color are steadily making up a higher percentage of those receiving law degrees, racial diversity in law school admissions, and attendance remains relatively stagnant. Some measures of academic success also declined for law students of color in 2023.
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Insight Into Diversity
OCTOBER 5, 2023
The University of Virginia School of Law is launching a new Education Rights Institute to enhance understanding, scholarship, and resources for K-20 schools and disadvantaged students. We’re the only wealthy nation that provides less funding to disadvantaged students.
Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 28, 2025
In the wake of George Floyds murder, as institutions across the country wrestled with what it means to confront systemic racism, one law school took actionright in the deans backyard. I’m a professor at the law school and also the associate director of the ADI. Dermot Groome (01:01) And my name is Dermot Groom.
Insight Into Diversity
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Weaving DEI into Classroom Discussions — Southwestern Law School. The Dean’s Task Force for Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Southwestern Law School recently identified and encouraged ways faculty can incorporate topics involving DEI within their classrooms. The university’s Louis D.
Higher Ed Marketing Lab
JULY 1, 2021
I came across a little data point the other day saying law school applications and admissions where way up year over year. For instance, there are those that would say the practice can put certain groups of students at a disadvantage. Obviously that would run counter to the mission of so many schools. Jarrett Smith: Yeah.
EAB
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Harvard Law School. Yale Law School. How big a difference this kind of prohibition makes is evident from the experience of the University of Michigan and University of California systems, which were forced by changes in state law to discontinue their race-conscious admissions practices. Jeannie Suk Gerson.
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