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on April 15, 2021
As an undergraduate student, Kelly Nguyen ’12 was an active member of the Stanford community, participating in research and Asian-American activism on campus. Two years after graduating with degrees in archaeology and classics, Nguyen began her doctoral studies at Brown University, where she is set to become the school’s first woman to receive a Ph.D. in ancient history. This fall, Nguyen will return to her alma mater but this time, not as a student.
Nguyen, along with Catherine Duarte, Jordan Starck, Eujin Park and Michaela Simmons, was selected last month to be part of the University’s first cohort of IDEAL Provostial Fellows, one of several initiatives introduced by President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell in June to combat anti-Black racism.
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IMAGE: Many universities are guided by the motivation that diversity enhances student learning, a rationale supported by the U.S. Supreme Court. This approach, however, is a view preferred by white and. view more
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PRINCETON, N.J. Increasing diversity remains a key priority at universities, especially in the wake of mass demonstrations in support of racial equality in 2020 following the death of George Floyd. Many universities are guided by the motivation that diversity enhances student learning, a rationale supported by the U.S. Supreme Court.
This approach, however, is a view preferred by white and not Black Americans, and it also aligns with better relative outcomes for white Americans, according to a paper published by Princeton University researchers in the
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