With the use of race in college admissions banned in a number of states and facing an uncertain future in the U.S. Supreme Court, institutions of higher learning must become more strategic about how they achieve racial and economic diversity on campus. That was the heart of the message that a panel of current and former institutional leaders delivered Tuesday at an American Council on Education conference titled “Race, Class, and College Access: Achieving Diversity in a Shifting Legal Landscape.” The strategies espoused during the discussion took on forms that ranged from targeted outreach to high schools in low-income zip codes to working with the private sector to raise scholarship money for students from ethnic and racial minorities.

July 21, 2015 ・ From Diverse