Inequality

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Essay
Reframing Affirmative Action: From Diversity to Mobility and Full Participation
Susan P. Sturm
Susan P. Sturm is the George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility, the Director of the Center for Institutional and Social Change at Columbia Law School, and Director of Policy for the Broadway Advocacy Coalition.

At the same time that a national racial reckoning has galvanized students to press higher education institutions (HEIs) to face up to their legacies of racism and commit to antiracism, courts are considering arguments for prohibiting consideration of race in admissions decisions.