Brea Jones/Staff Writer On Tuesday, July 3, President Donald Trump officials reversed an important Barack Obama-era policy revolving around affirmative action. This policy was officially…
By: Nicole Stone/Assistant News Director Universities can no longer use race as a factor for admissions under the Trump administration. Under the Obama administration,…
The University considers a number of factors when it comes to admitting its students; race isn’t one of them. Affirmative action, a tool that has helped universities across the country to give equal admission to students of different races, is not used at FIU or other universities in the state of Florida.
Staff writer Moises Fuertes suggests that one’s economic standing should be used as a determining factor for admission in order to diversify the student body.