Challenges and Major Changes Are Afoot in Efforts to Increase Student Diversity in Higher Education

Challenges and Major Changes Are Afoot in Efforts to Increase Student Diversity in Higher Education
The Sterling Law Building of the Yale Law School on Feb. 7, 2007. Public Domain
Ross Muscato
Ross Muscato
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Recent decisions made at the highest levels of American legal education, and cases on which the U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule, are adding fuel to a debate that has always been at least on a simmer. 
Indeed, the decisions made by law schools and the cases in the Supreme Court, both centered on practices and policies to increase racial diversity, are closely tied to public sentiment and societal awareness.