The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/affirmative-action/)
Student leaders express concern after Cornell’s Indigenous student population decreased after the overturn of affirmative action in 2023.
Cornell’s decrease in Black, Hispanic and Indigenous first-year enrollment following the end of affirmative action has posed recruitment challenges for academic racial affinity groups.
The policy of liberals is to remove the privileges of all alumni of the university, especially the Black ones.
The Sun surveyed six students in the class of 2028 about their reactions to Cornell’s new identity-based essay prompt added after affirmative action was overturned in 2023.
The Sun questioned Interim President Michael Kotlikoff on protester repercussions, institutional neutrality, the Class of 2028 demographic data and financial aid.
Powerhouse universities have told their communities how a loss of affirmative action has affected enrollment. Cornell should follow suit.
Cornell today faces challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion measures and controversies over antisemitism and Islamophobia, while its admissions process adapts to the overturn of affirmative action.
The Student Assembly passed a resolution condemning the usage of legacy admissions at Cornell to promote greater inclusion and equity in future classes.
The idea of the meritocracy is a myth, a useful myth but a myth nonetheless. Attacking programs such as affirmative action or DEI in defense of the myth is misguided seeing that the purpose of those programs, though they may be flawed and they are, is to allow the meritocracy to better work for everyone.
Following an open letter from Jon Lindseth ’56 calling for President Martha Pollack’s resignation, the Cornell Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve Pollack’s leadership.