The Capital Times recently took a look at the Supreme Court’s decision to rule race-conscious admissions as unconstitutional, a move, the newspaper reports, that “(effectively ends) affirmative action policies that aimed to diversify enrollment at colleges and universities across the nation.”
To help put this topic in perspective, the Capital Times reached out to Anthony Hernandez, a faculty associate with the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. Hernandez’s research focuses on leadership in minority-serving institutions (MSIs) in general and on Hispanic-serving institutions in particular.
“I would say that we are robbing society and we are robbing our students of the opportunity to benefit from diversity,” Hernandez says. “I think the consequences will be felt for decades.”
Hernandez continues: “This is really going to be a test for colleges and universities that try to think about exploring some alternatives that increase diversity. But I think that it’s going to be difficult for the university to create a diverse student body, given these restrictions.”
Hernandez earned a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies in 2017, and received a PhD from the department in 2022.
Read the full article, which also includes quotes from UW–Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin.