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Office of Diversity and Inclusion Listen Up!: Recontextualizing Student Activism in the Wake of Fisher v. University of Texas Sharon L. Davies Vice Provost for Diversity & Inclusion Chief Diversity Officer 1 The Ohio State University

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Office of Diversity and Inclusion Attaining the educational benefits of diversity is a constitutional and compelling government interest. Enrolling a diverse student body and hiring diverse faculty has a positive impact on campus climate. Demographics are a valuable gauge of a university’s ability to enroll underrepresented students. 5

Office of Diversity and Inclusion A Gallup poll found that nearly 2/3 (65 percent) of those surveyed disagreed with the decision. Only 31 percent agreed with it. 6

Office of Diversity & Inclusion Are we listening to what our students are saying? Do our actions show genuine responsiveness? Holding ourselves accountable Educational Benefits of Diversity Are we monitoring our diversity to ensure that it is producing those outcomes? Diversity: Are we willing to listen to our Breaks down racial stereotypes; students when they tell us Promotes learning outcomes and cross- that our efforts are racial understanding; insufficient? Prepares students to better understand Do our definitions of merit persons of different races, and to better impede not just access, but engage in an increasingly diverse the ways in which workforce and society; underrepresented minority Cultivates leaders “with legitimacy in the students are perceived by eyes of the citizenry.” their peers and the faculty? 7