BU Sees Drop in Black Students Enrolled after Supreme Court Ruling
The demographic data for Boston University’s Class of 2028, the first admitted after the US Supreme Court’s ruling that banned colleges from considering race as a factor in admissions, revealed a sharp drop in Black students enrolled, BU officials say. The decline, from 9 percent to 3 percent, was “concerning and disappointing,” President Melissa Gilliam says, and addressing it “will be a priority” for the University.
