(Press-News.org) ROCKVILLE, MD—JULY 19, 2023 – As organizations representing a wide range of scientific, engineering, and mathematical disciplines, we will not be deterred by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on race considerations in college and university admissions.
America’s inherent strength and economic competitiveness among nations is its domestic and international talent across every race, ethnicity, gender, and geography. To meet current and emerging job demands and retain our research and development leadership globally, we must broaden who participates in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine. Doing so will improve lives, advance our nation’s living standards, and drive economic growth.
This court ruling will limit the ways our nation might expand talent in STEMM from historically excluded communities. Despite this outcome, we are committed to seeking legally attentive strategies to ensure a full range of talent is recruited, retained, and advanced across STEMM fields. We will continue to advance initiatives that will enable all students to cultivate their talent to the highest potential and tackle societal challenges while serving their communities.
ACA: The Structural Science Society; American Anthropological Association; American Association for Anatomy; American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Association of Physics Teachers; American Astronomical Society (AAS); American Chemical Society; American Educational Research Association; American Geophysical Union (AGU); American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; American Institute of Biological Sciences; American Institute of Physics; American Mathematical Society; American Physical Society; American Political Science Association; American Society for Microbiology; American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; American Society of Human Genetics; American Society of Plant Biologists; Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); Association for Women in Science; Association of Population Centers; AVS - The Society for Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing; Computing Research Association; Consortium of Social Science Associations; Ecological Society of America; Entomological Society of America; Geological Society of America; INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences); Linguistic Society of America; Mathematical Association of America; National Postdoctoral Association (NPA); Optica; Population Association of America; Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Society for Neuroscience; Society for Personality and Social Psychology; Society for Research in Child Development; Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues; Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE); Society of Systematic Biologists; Society of Vacuum Coaters; Society of Women Engineers; The Executive Committee of the American Society of Criminology; The Gerontological Society of America; The Oceanography Society
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Multi-society statement on US Supreme Court ruling on students for fair admissions
2023-07-21
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