Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, The country has been awaiting the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on two cases that would decide the fate of affirmative action in higher education and, as we expected, the court struck down affirmative action as we have known it. The lawsuits – Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina – challenged the use of race-conscious admissions practices by colleges and universities. Kent State monitored the cases, and we have begun to ...

On Thursday, June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down the long-standing policy of affirmative action in college admissions on the grounds it violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.   Kent State University Professor Christopher Banks, Ph.D., J.D., says the high court already had tipped its hand that the court was “positioned to jettison” the policy, so the ruling was not surprising.  Affirmative action in college admissions, firmly in place since 1978, allowed higher education institutions to consider race as an advantage factor in co...

Matthew Brown, Kent State Business Management major and Finance minor, studied abroad on the International Experience in Marketing: Exploring Sustainability Programs in Greece faculty-led program.The two-week program was led by Professor Ellen Daniels and sponsored by the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship. The program offers students the chance to compare sustainability programs used by U.S. and Greek companies while visiting locations throughout Athens, Crete, and Santorini.Interests and Timing AlignBrown was excited to participate in this unique opportunity for stu...

For the second year in a row, students from Kent State University and Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City have taken part in an international exchange to continue their research on food production, cultural preservation and economic inclusion.  The Kent State partnership with Universidad Panamericana began in 2018, when Kent State received a grant from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, to establish an exchange and research program of northbound and southbound travel. The travel, however, did not begin until 2022, due to the pandemic.  ...