5/15 and 5/16- The Past and Future of Affirmative Action
The Past and Future of Affirmative Action
a conference
May 15-16, 2023
The Graduate Center, CUNY
As the country awaits a verdict from the Supreme Court on the legality of race-based affirmative action in higher education admissions, a distinguished group of scholars examines the history of affirmative action and how we will achieve social and economic justice if it is struck down.
Speakers include:
Richard Alba (Graduate Center, CUNY)
Prudence Carter (Brown University)
Linda Chavez (Center for Equal Opportunity)
Margaret Chin (Hunter College/GC, CUNY)
Andrew Delbanco (Columbia University and Teagle Foundation)
Richard Kahlenberg (Georgetown University)
Jerome Karabel (University of California-Berkeley)
Randall Kennedy (Harvard Law School)
Ajantha Subramanian (Harvard University)
Tom Sugrue (New York University)
Marta Tienda (Princeton University)
John Torpey (Graduate Center, CUNY)
Natasha Warikoo (Tufts University)
This event will take place in person and via livestream.
Monday, May 15, 9-5 in the Skylight Room
Tuesday, May 16, 9-4 in the Segal Theater
RSVP to attend in person to: affirmativeactionconference@gmail.com
Register for the livestream link: https://bit.ly/3oQEUsR
Co-sponsors:
American Council of Learned Societies
Advanced Research Collaborative, the Graduate Center, CUNY
Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, the Graduate Center, CUNY
PhD Program in Sociology, the Graduate Center, CUNY