MIT's enrollment of Black, Latino students drops, Asian share rises after Supreme Court affirmative action ban
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology reports its incoming Class of 2028 has 16% minority students, a drop of 10 percentage points compared to previous years, following the Supreme Court's decision.
- MIT Dean of Admissions Stu Schmill stated he expected this decline, noting many qualified applicants were likely overlooked due to changes in application processes.
- MIT President Sally Kornbluth acknowledged the new intake is "outstanding," but lacks the same racial and ethnic diversity achieved in past decades due to the court ruling.
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Fewer Black Students at MIT After Affirmative Action Ban
Newly released data from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reveals a significant shift in the school’s racial demographic makeup following a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action. The class of 2028 is the first cohort admitted to MIT under the new guidelines set by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which prohibits considering race as a factor in college admissions, as previously reported by …
MIT Reports ‘Significant Change’ in Post-Affirmative Action Freshmen Demographics
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has reported a “significant” demographic change in its incoming first-year class, the first cohort admitted after the U.S. Supreme Court banned the use of racial preferences in college admissions. According to enrollment data published on Aug. 21, about 5 percent of MIT’s 1,102-member Class of 2028 identify as black, a dramatic drop from its 13 percent average of recent years. Hispanic and Latino s…
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