ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast

A Time for Leadership, Not Retrenchment—Paths forward after SCOTUS decisions in Harvard & UNC cases

July 07, 2023 Ken Anselment / Art Coleman Season 7 Episode 10
ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast
A Time for Leadership, Not Retrenchment—Paths forward after SCOTUS decisions in Harvard & UNC cases
Show Notes

In this special edition, Art Coleman (@ArtColemanDC), managing partner and co-founder of EducationCounsel (and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights), shares the initial chapters of a playbook admissions officers can follow to move forward with confidence (and care) in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC.

We discuss what colleges should (and shouldn't do),  what people are getting wrong in their interpretations of the rulings, and what the future might hold.

Art provides helpful advice on thoughtful design around scholarships and financial aid programs as well as broader recruitment initiatives, while calling for colleges to use a lens shaped by "a design associated with the DEI goals ... that drive their mission."

Read: EducationCounsel's Preliminary Guidance Regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC. (with ongoing updates)

Many thanks to the National Association for College Admission Counseling for supporting this podcast through the NACAC Podcast Network.

Theme music arranged by Ryan Anselment.

The ALP is supported by RHB. Music arranged by Ryan Anselment