On Sept. 6, Brown student inboxes were slammed with disappointing news: The racial profile of the Class of 2028 was significantly less diverse than in years prior. While education experts had already warned of drops in diversity as a consequence of the recent Supreme Court decision to ban race-based affirmative action, the data still came as a blow. We can point our fingers at the Supreme Court, but Brown is also a culprit. Peer universities in the Ivy League preserved the diversity of their incoming class by reforming their admission policies. Brown failed to do this internal work, and the diversity of the first-year class plummeted as a result. Moving forward, Brown admissions officers need to prioritize robust recruitment programs, re-mandate a test-optional policy and engage in creative problem-solving to produce new solutions.