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20 July 2023
Optica joins multi-society statement on US Supreme Court decision impacting university admissions
Multi-society statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFAI) v. President and Fellows of Harvard and SFAI v. University of North Carolina
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 (formerly OSA), Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide
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
About Optica
Optica, Advancing Optics and Photonics Worldwide, is the society dedicated to promoting the generation, application, archiving and dissemination of knowledge in the field. Founded in 1916, it is the leading organization for scientists, engineers, business professionals, students and others interested in the science of light. Optica's renowned publications, meetings, online resources and in-person activities fuel discoveries, shape real-life applications and accelerate scientific, technical and educational achievement. Discover more at: Optica.org
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