Webinar-Latinx & Higher Education: Affirmative Action & the Commitment of Hispanic Serving Institutions
Latinx & Higher Education: Affirmative Action & the Commitment of Hispanic Serving Institutions
October 27, 2020
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
This free webinar will examine the current state of federal law governing affirmative action/diversity admission programs at institutions of higher learning across this country with particular emphasis placed on the recent federal court challenge to Harvard University’s use of race in its admissions program.
Discussion Topics:
• Efforts to eliminate affirmative action programs
• California’s current effort to repeal a 1996 state ballot initiative that amended the state constitution to ban the consideration of race and sex in higher education
• The role and commitment that Hispanic Serving Institutions have to advance the principles and objectives of affirmative action/diversity programs
Speakers:
• David Hinojosa, Director of Educational Opportunities Project, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• Loretta Martinez, Chief Legal Counsel, University of New Mexico
• Gabriel Sandoval, Partner, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo (moderator)
• Thomas Saenz, President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense Educational Fund
Webinar log-in info:
• Registrants will be sent an email with the Zoom webinar log-in information upon registration submission and again the morning of the webinar (you may need to check your spam or junk folders)