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Curated Track: AAG Careers and Professional Development

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As of Fall 2024, fourteen states have passed into law legislation that restricts some or all DEI efforts in public colleges and universities. Other, less obvious restrictions have been put into place curtailing DEI activities in other states. The 2023 Supreme Court decision in SFFA v. Harvard, which effectively ended the use of race as one factor in college admissions, has had uneven effects on student bodies across the country. Amid these institutional and legal changes, there have also been new restrictions on speech implemented on numerous campuses in response to student antiwar and divestment activism in Spring 2024, which many view as geared toward quashing pro-Palestine dissent. In the days following the presidential election, Black middle school, high school, and college students across the country received racist text messages threatening a return to slavery. The targeting of Black students sends a message that education is not for them. As we gather in Detroit in the months following Inauguration, this session aims to provide a space to share thoughts on how the political landscape is reshaping equity and inclusion efforts and strategies for moving forward informed by commitments to justice.

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