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Colleges Weigh In on Supreme Court Decision
American Thinker ^ | 3 Jul, 2023 | Eileen F. Toplansky

Posted on 07/03/2023 5:15:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber

How can universities do an end-run around the Supreme Court? Just watch them fight to maintain a system of racial spoils.

Lee Bollinger “laments the ruling by America’s Supreme Court against affirmative action. Universities need to pursue diversity by other means, says Columbia’s president.”

As I complete 50 years of university leadership, including 21 years as president of Columbia, I am sorry to see the Supreme Court end a process that has greatly benefited American society. I continue to believe that the country’s obligation to remediate past discrimination is far from complete.

The Healey-Driscoll Administration, along with over 100 Massachusetts Institutions of Higher Education, “dedicated to equity” stated:

Massachusetts will always be welcoming and inclusive of students of color and students historically underrepresented in higher education. We want to make sure that students of color, LGBTQ+ students, first generation students, and all students historically underrepresented in higher education feel welcomed and valued at our colleges and universities.

President Reginald DesRoches of Rice University in Houston said he was “greatly disappointed” by the decision but “more resolute than ever” to pursue diversity. “The law may change, but Rice’s commitment to diversity will not [.]”

At Schenectady’s Union College, President David Harris stated the “widely expected” decision will impact the private institution that he said is “race conscious in its admissions process.”

However, “Chief Justice John Roberts said that for too long universities have “concluded, wrongly, that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned but the color of their skin. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


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To: MtnClimber

——dedicated to equity——

Translation:

We pour 10 ounces of molten brass into a 10 ounce gold ingot mold of and then sell it as if it were actually valuable


21 posted on 07/03/2023 5:56:34 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: MtnClimber
, LGBTQ+ students, first generation students, and all students historically underrepresented in higher education feel welcomed and valued at our colleges and universities.

Fags have always been overrepresented at the OIvies. In the old days they usually didn't scare the horses.
22 posted on 07/03/2023 5:56:42 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: MtnClimber

Here in Florida local school districts run career-oriented college programs.

trades:
https://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/Page/3994

cosmetology, commercial food prep:
https://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/Page/3993

law enforcement & corrections:
https://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/Page/4254

fire department work & medical assisting:
https://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/Page/3992

computer work & bookkeeping:
https://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/site/Default.aspx?PageID=3973


23 posted on 07/03/2023 5:58:50 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (ARTICLE I SECTION 2....The President...may require the opinion, in writing)
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To: MtnClimber

Colleges and Universities reaction to affirmative action’s end:

“WE AREN’T GOING TO STOP!!”

Plaintiff’s bar response:

“Nice endowment you got there. Sure can’t wait to get our piece.”


24 posted on 07/03/2023 6:04:26 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: Brian Griffin

Those programs will benefit students more than a university degree in gender studies.


25 posted on 07/03/2023 6:05:29 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

There’s a reason why my Aler Mater, ESU, never got a dime from me.

...and you see it here.


26 posted on 07/03/2023 6:08:57 AM PDT by BobL (Trump has all the right Enemies; DeSantis has all the wrong Friends)
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To: Brian Griffin

Sounds like community college to me. I used to take community college classes in my old high school at night back in the early 90s.


27 posted on 07/03/2023 6:10:20 AM PDT by Darth Gill
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To: MtnClimber

A college should lose accreditation of more than a small percentage of graduates default on loans.

The federal government should publish data on a web site showing statistics on graduations, defaults, and starting salaries broken down by college and major.


28 posted on 07/03/2023 6:13:26 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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29 posted on 07/03/2023 6:28:29 AM PDT by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: Darth Gill

“Sounds like community college to me.”

The vocational education programs tend to be much shorter than two years.

The State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota is our renamed community college. It offers mainly associate degrees:

https://www.scf.edu/Academics/CareerTechnicalEducation/


30 posted on 07/03/2023 6:54:19 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (ARTICLE I SECTION 2....The President...may require the opinion, in writing)
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To: MtnClimber

Lying piece of s^^t!


31 posted on 07/03/2023 7:00:00 AM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: SauronOfMordor

“loans”

Colleges should have to co-sign student loans.

The maximum loan amounts should be degree based (and default and deferment rate capped).

No more than say 70% of a college’s total tuition income should come from loans.

Loans should be secured by college real estate.


32 posted on 07/03/2023 7:01:53 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (ARTICLE I SECTION 2....The President...may require the opinion, in writing)
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To: MtnClimber
President Reginald DesRoches of Rice University in Houston said he was “greatly disappointed” by the decision but “more resolute than ever” to pursue diversity. “The law may change, but Rice’s commitment to diversity will not [.]”

Eventually there will be a realignment in education in America. The vast majority of colleges are destroying their purpose. That is to educate. They do this by devaluing degrees and requiring customers to go into massive debt. Competition and educational choice will be drivers to change.

33 posted on 07/03/2023 7:10:31 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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To: MtnClimber

If univesities want to continue their discrimination, I wonder if they would agree to affirmative action for their football teams? Their teams would need to be 25% Asian and white.


34 posted on 07/03/2023 7:12:01 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: MtnClimber

Hopefully this decision will allow further suits, they do have large endowments.


35 posted on 07/03/2023 7:13:21 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: MtnClimber

Someone ask Bollinger if he would prefer an affirmative action doctor to be the lead surgeon for Bollinger’s heart transplant ...


36 posted on 07/03/2023 7:13:53 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Cho Bi Dung and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
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To: MtnClimber

“How long until a college degree is detrimental to getting a job?”

Already happening. Some professions require a degree, but the program and college is being scrutinized heavily. One State program I know of prefers no college, but wants military training and experience. Reason: “College doesn’t teach them leadership skills for the use of authority. They all want to get along and play kissyface.”


37 posted on 07/03/2023 7:23:34 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: MtnClimber

It’s definitely time to start defunding “colleges”. The bastards have become too political and no longer educate. They only program and indoctrinate. Most are only pumpin’ out “Diploma Walker” zombies who can be found in Starbucks or driving Ubermobiles. College diplomas aren’t very desirable when everybody has one. A FReeper told me once that diplomas are nothing more than tuition receipts these days. It’s criminal for Jo Jo the Pedo Clown to force U.S. taxpayers to pick up the tab for someplace for idiots to hang out when they aren’t on “spring break”.


38 posted on 07/03/2023 7:42:06 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A man in NM is killed over a movie theater seat. The azhos in The Swamp think guns are the problem. )
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To: Taxman

ping


39 posted on 07/03/2023 7:58:17 AM PDT by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!)
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To: MtnClimber

My law school let a bunch of people in through affirmative action, including women, including perhaps (I don’t know for sure) me. I am a woman. I made it through, graduated, passed the bar the first time, practiced law, never got suspended or kicked out. Lots of the affirmative action admittees washed out.


40 posted on 07/03/2023 8:00:51 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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