The “Affirmative Action: Now What?” event in Akron Monday sparked conversation for the future for affirmative and the place for diversity in higher education institutions.The Rev. Ronald Fowler, special...
A male Kent State student reported being robbed between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. Sept. 15, according to a Kent State Advisory report.The victim was assaulted in an unspecific location on or near the west...
The LGBTQ Student Center celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month with its first Latino Queering History event Wednesday evening, while educating Kent State students and staff about the struggles LGBTQ persons...
Kent State students and faculty joined members of the Kent community to experience and learn about Hispanic culture at the 2nd Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14.“Hispanic...
Hispanic culture at Kent State has become relatively hidden with inactive organizations and low population, but despite what appears to be a relatively non-existent minority at Kent State, the number of...
The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Kent State staff gathered Monday in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony for the official introduction of the DEI leadership team and the division’s...
Executive members of Kent State’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will formally announce the division’s 5-year strategic diversity plan and new staff Monday Sept. 9 at the DEI Fall Reception.“It...
In 1963, thousands of people marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in peaceful protest for civil rights.“Being the 50th anniversary, [racial equality] definitely should be that...
PRIDE! Kent, the university’s LGBTQ student organization, will welcome Dr. Suzanne Holt, the director of women’s studies, as its new faculty adviser this fall.PRIDE! president Brandon Stephens, a junior...
Hillel at Kent State is one of five Jewish organizations worldwide to receive the “Indispensable University Partner” award, according to a press release from Hillel at Kent State.Hillel: The Foundation...
![Affirmative Action in brief
“The roots of [the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin case] actually goes back to 1946 when a man named Heman Sweatt, accompanied by officials of the NAACP, submitted his application to attend the law school at the University of Texas at Austin,” Mauro said. “The very same university involved in the Fisher case.” Sweatt was a black man and was denied admission based only on his race, Mauro said. The court case Sweatt v. Painter ruled the university could not deny him based on his race. The 2003 case Grutter v. Bollinger at the University of Michigan further set a precedent for the viability of diversity for affirmative action. In Fisher v. University of Texas case, Mauro said, the Grutter case helped set the standard that universities must now be prepared to explain how their policies of affirmative action are the best way to create diversity.](https://kentstater.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/8e9d0bf83ae18a5047b4e72e90e5caa9-1.jpg)
