Muthukumar highlighted that DACA recipients shouldn’t have to further ‘prove’ themselves because they have worked just as hard and harder than U.S. citizens in order to gain protected status.

The Diversity Action Coalition also proposed a core curriculum revision in response to the university’s diversity and inclusion mission in 2016.

At Fordham, affirmative action has served as a vital role in diversifying the student body and acknowledging the collective disparities which pro-affirmative action groups have fought to convey during the Supreme Court hearings, according to Patricia Peek, dean of undergraduate admissions at Fordham University.

The lecture, “Developing a Model Civil Rights Statute in the Age of School Choice,” included discussions about the impact of public education funds on lower-income school districts and community resources.