The share of Black and Hispanic students in Brown University's incoming Class of 2028 dropped by 10 percentage points since last year, from 29 percent to 19 percent, reflecting a significant decline in diversity following the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling.
Colleges are releasing demographic data for the first post-affirmative action class, offering evidence of the Supreme Court's decision's impact on diversity in selective institutions, with Brown experiencing the steepest decline among Ivy League schools.
The demographic shift at Brown aligns it with institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Amherst College, both of which also reported notable declines in Black and Hispanic student enrollments.
The increase in students declining to report their race or ethnicity, rising from 4 percent to 7 percent, signals potential shifts in how race is viewed among applicants after affirmative action has been struck down.
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