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Contributor Brief·Nolvia Delgado · 1 article
Updated Sep 20, 2023

Community colleges are diversity strategy, not remedial backup plan

Delgado argues that community colleges represent a structural solution to racial diversity in higher education post-affirmative action, not a consolation tier for underprepared students. She reframes community college attendance from deficit positioning to strategic institutional design for building equitable student bodies.

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article published on diversity strategy in higher education

“Community colleges emerge as a practical pathway for institutions seeking to build diverse student bodies without race-based admissions.”

In a Post-Affirmative Action Higher Education Chasm, Community Colleges Can Fill the Gap

Institutional pathways to diversity post-affirmative action

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Community colleges as diversity pipeline
Traditional four-year institutions with race-based admissions
Merit-only admissions as diversity tool

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key institutional stakeholder groups affected by policy shift

Delgado positions community colleges as filling an explicit gap in institutional diversity strategies.

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Community colleges can serve diverse populations without depending on race-based admissions policies.

In a Post-Affirmative Action Higher Education Chasm, Community Colleges Can Fill the Gap

“Post-affirmative action policy creates urgent need for alternative diversity mechanisms.”

Themes:Community colleges as intentional diversity infrastructurePost-affirmative action institutional adaptation strategiesReframing alternative pathways beyond remediation narrative

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