Faculty View, Discuss Data on Athletic Recruitment
At their most recent meeting, faculty were presented data about athletic recruiting and its impact on the college’s admissions process. A productive discussion ensued, according to those present.
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Letter to the Editor: In Support of Amherst Athletics
Faculty Athletic Representative Leah Schmalzbauer and Faculty Liason to Men’s Soccer Christopher Durr defend the value of athletics and the work that the department has done to achieve diversity goals in a letter to the editor.
After End of Affirmative Action, College Reckons With Diversity
This summer, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges can no longer practice race-conscious admissions. Amherst is grappling with the decision’s implications, which could result in lower racial diversity among future classes.
Faculty Vote To Release, Discuss Data on Athletic Recruitment Policies
In response to the Supreme Court’s overruling of affirmative action, faculty urges for more transparency around athletic admissions.
On the Educational Value of Diversity
In the wake of a Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action, the college’s faculty argue that diversity is crucial for education, in a letter signed by 144 faculty members.
Faculty Discuss Meeting Time, Budget Cuts, Athletics, Anthem
The faculty assembled in the Red Room on the evening of Tuesday, May 2, for its last and perhaps shortest meeting of the semester to discuss budget cuts, vote on a change to its long-standing meeting time, and more.
Letter to the Editor: Reframing the Campus Safety Conversation
As tempers flare on campus and the rhetoric heats up, it’s easy to forget how
far our community already has come in the debate about campus policing and the
many constructive ideas that students and staff have floated. Faculty members
have a responsibility now to help these deliberations move