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The End of Affirmative Action

Inside Higher Ed

Bollinger, a case from 2003, the Supreme Court approved the use of race as a factor in college admission in order to produce a diverse student body. Second, the Court has moved decisively to the right since Grutter was decided in 2003. Many of my friends and colleagues in higher education have questions about these cases. In Grutter v.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Estado de Mexico, in 1998, and his doctorate in economics from Texas A&M University in 2003. His work has appeared in The New York Times and USA Today, among other publications.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He joined the faculty of Connecticut College in 2003, and was an associate professor of history, director of the African American studies program as well as interim dean of institutional equity and inclusion, chair of the history department and director of the Center of the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity.