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Diversity Issues: How to Diversify – Despite the Supreme Court

April 29, 2014/0 Comments/in Diversity Issues /by SSC WebTeam

April 29, 2014 – In her Washington Post Op-Ed piece, UC President Janet Napolitano discusses ‘How to diversify a campus, in spite of the Supreme Court.’ To read the article, […]

Diversity Issues: Swing Justices Join Conservatives in 6-2 Vote to Overturn Michigan Affirmative Action Victory

Swing Justices Join Conservatives in 6-2 Vote to Overturn Michigan Affirmative Action Victory April 22, 2014 – To read more about the Supreme Court upholding Michigan’s Affirmative Action Ban, […]

Diversity Issues: Faculty Senate Votes to Create African American Studies Department

April 14, 2014/0 Comments/in Diversity Issues News /by SSC WebTeam

April 10, 2014 – UCLA Newsroom reports on Faculty Senate unanimously voting to create African American studies department. To read the full story, Click Here.

Diversity Issues: Chancellor Block Addresses Results of UC-wide Campus Climate Study

March 20, 2014/0 Comments/in Diversity Issues /by SSC WebTeam

March 20, 2014 – In an open letter published in UCLA Newsroom, Chancellor Gene Block discusses the results of the UC-wide Campus Climate Study and how the information will help direct […]

Diversity Issues: Freeman Named New Assistant Dean At Anderson

February 10, 2014/0 Comments/in Diversity Issues /by SSC WebTeam

Kimberly Freeman, an alumna who received her M.B.A. in 2002, is named UCLA Anderson School of Management’s new assistant dean for diversity initiatives and community relations. As the assistant dean for […]

Diversity Issues: Rise of Diversity Among Undergraduate Applicants to UCLA

January 21, 2014/0 Comments/in Diversity Issues /by SSC WebTeam

January 21, 2014 – Diversity increased among applicants to UCLA this year, with Chicanos/Latinos, African-Americans and Native Americans all applying in greater numbers than in previous years. UCLA campus received […]

Diversity Issues: Website Supports Black Transfer Students

January 13, 2014/0 Comments/in Diversity Issues /by SSC WebTeam

January 13, 2014 -The Black Bruin Transfer Success website is designed to create an empowering space for people of Afrikan descent who have transferred from California community colleges or other institutions to UCLA. […]

Diversity Issues: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Affirmative Action Case

October 14, 2013/0 Comments/in Diversity Issues /by SSC WebTeam

October 16, 2013 — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in Schuette v. Coalition, a case that will likely determine the fate of affirmative action nationwide. As expected, the questioning […]

Diversity Issues: Is Affirmative Action Still Needed?

September 25, 2013/0 Comments/in Diversity Issues /by SSC WebTeam

October 2, 2013 — Listen to Bunche Center Director Dr. Darnell Hunt and members of the Alliance for Equal Opportunity in Education discuss on KPFK’s “Beautiful Struggle” the issues at […]

Diversity Issues: Filings in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action

August 31, 2013/0 Comments/in Diversity Issues /by SSC WebTeam

August 31, 2013 — In about a month and a half (October 15), the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, a case that […]