(The Brown Daily Herald) Despite efforts to limit the impact of the Supreme Court’s ban on race-based affirmative action, Brown’s class of 2028 has a significant decrease in Black and Hispanic domestic students compared to previous years.
The share of Black students in the freshman class dropped 40%, while that of Hispanic students dropped 29% compared to last year. The share of domestic Asian freshmen increased 14% compared to last year. The number of students who did not report race or ethnicity nearly doubled, from 4% to 7%
The Herald’s first-year poll also outlined early warning signs of marked decreases in the share of Black and Hispanic students and an increase in Asian students. The University only reported the racial demographics of domestic students, not international ones, unlike The Herald’s poll.
