For nearly three decades, Proposition 209 has restricted public institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity in employment and education. Then, last year, the Supreme Court’s ban of Affirmative Action further constrained those programs. By cutting federal support, Project 2025 would undermine diversity initiatives, decreasing access to employment and contracting opportunities and making it even harder for universities to support minority students even though Black student enrollment and graduation rates remain lowest in California’s higher education institutions.

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