DAYTON — The University of Dayton reaffirmed its stance in light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision to strike down two colleges’ race-based admissions programs.
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The United States Supreme Count rejected Harvard’s and University of North Carolina’s race-based admissions programs, making their opinions public on Thursday.
The University of Dayton expressed their opinions and intent to maintain a “diverse” learning environment for their admitted students.
“We reaffirm the University of Dayton’s commitment to recruiting, enrolling, retaining, and graduating talented students of all races and to do so within a diverse environment that ensures educational excellence for all students no matter their identity,” Eric Spina, President of University of Dayton, said.
The university intended to “carefully review the ruling, seek perspective and guidance from our national higher education networks, and engage in conversations on campus, all with the intent of employing lawful strategies that can help ensure a University of Dayton education is accessible to students from a wide range of diverse backgrounds, including those from all racial and ethnic identities,” Spina continued.
The college said diversity is central to the Catholic, Marianist mission; however, how the college will begin to enact changes has yet to be determined or disclosed.
It is also unknown if the college’s actions would negatively or positively affect admittance of minority candidates to the institution given the lack of specificity in the president’s statement.