Advancing Faculty Diversity Annual Convening

Spring 2023 Convening - UC San Diego

April 24th - 25th, 2023

 _{Source: VIDEO: Beyond Affirmative Action: Ensuring Equity in Uncertain Times - UCTV - University of California Television}

Keynote speaker, Stella M. Flores, Ph.D., a professor of Higher Education and Public Policy at the University of Texas, Austin, discusses her research on the effects of state and federal policies on college access and completion outcomes for low-income and underrepresented populations, including immigrant and English learner students. Dr. Flores has also published widely on demographic changes in U.S. schools, affirmative action in higher education, and Minority Serving Institutions. In 2003 her coauthored work was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court Gratz v. Bollinger decision (dissenting opinion) and in various amicus briefs submitted to the Supreme Court on affirmative action.