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In upholding the use
of race as a factor in college admissions, the Supreme Court
has affirmed a value held not only by the vast majority of
schools and colleges in this country but by leading corporations,
the professions, labor unions, civil rights groups and military
leaders. Diversity in all its forms is essential to achieving
excellence. In the context of education, we learn from understanding
difference, from engaging with those whose experiences challenge
our own.
Smith College actively
seeks a student body that is racially diverse, using a holistic
application review
process that
considers every applicant individually, in the context
of her unique opportunities and abilities.
Like many institutions, Smith
confronts some challenges as it seeks to build diversity,
including its
location
in a
non-urban area, but it also has great strengths: its
long history of reaching out to international students and
faculty;
its strong support, dating from the early 1960s, of programs
to recruit African-American students; and its commitment
to meeting the full demonstrated need of all admitted
students. These are but a few of the important foundations
on which
we will continue to build, with strategic focus and sustained
commitment.
Carol Christ
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