Do minorities really need a handicap to earn college acceptance? ... In addition to GPA and achievement tests, students can score points for things like being a resident of the state in which the college is located, being related to an alumni of that school, having won a competition, or being a scholarship athlete. ... All this so we can benefit from a more diverse student body. Many colleges seek diversity among their students, but is race really where they will find it? ... Now universities can be made inaccessible to a qualified student because he is not a minority; which is also unfai...

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Affirmative action in colleges and universities should not be upheld. If a white student with excellent high school grades applies and does not get into a school that he deserves to attend because a colored student with decent high school grades takes there place that is reversed discrimination. ... If a student gets accepted to a school because he is a gifted athlete that is a different form of discrimination. ... Nor should a student be declined acceptance because of economic class. If a student wants to attend a college or university bad enough they find a way to attend no matter how ba...

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This decision is deciding which colleges to apply to and eventually attend. At this time however there is chaos surrounding the admissions of minority students to colleges. ... The second scenario concerns two students who have just graduated from college and are in the process of applying to graduate school. ... The number of minority students attending American colleges and universities jumped 48% in the 1990's, with all minorities posting double digit gains in college enrollment, according to a study by the American Council on Education. The Study which analyzed statistics from the...

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At the University of Michigan Law School, the way that they accept students is a point system. ... In the text there is no information about the background of the minority students. ... I have already experienced firsthand reverse discrimination since I have been in college. On the very first day of school, I met a Latino student and we began to talk about how he was making it through college. ... After I had thought about it, I decided that I was happy for the Latino student, and that I hope he does well in college. ...

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I must admit, we managed to come up with a diverse group of students without even taking race or gender into account. ... This is especially true with regard to college admissions. This may be because many people see college and college students as the next generation of this nation's leaders. ... This also shows up in college admissions. ... Some of these students may have come from schools that didn't have the same amount of funds or resources as others. ...

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If one is to discuss and problem solve an issue, he or she must first know what the issue is truly about. Affirmative action is defined as the equal opportunities given to women, minorities, and small groups so they will have the same tools, education, and allotment to achieve their goals in life. S...

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Imagine walking into the admissions office of a high school or college you wish to attend. ... After responding to her, she leads you to a room which has six other prospective students. ... Later on that day, you are informed that the other six people who were in the waiting room with you were asked to be students at that institution. ... A student can be rejected a chance to participate in a certain class or activity because of their gender or skin color. ... Her parents did not understand why their daughter had to go to a distant college with mostly whites, rather than attending "a col...

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If you look at reality, however, you will see that there are still many more white Americans in college than any other race. ... Not to mention that these minorities aren't necessarily asked to go to a certain college, but however must apply just like the rest of the nation. ... Their reasons for dropping out are the same for any college age student. They do fairly well in highschool, but find the unlimited freedom of college to much to grasp all at once. ...

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.: The school's student body is 67% female, but women constitute only 43% of its athletic program. ... Almost all private colleges and universities must abide by Title IX. ... Other benefits: Title IX requires the equal treatment of female and male student-athletes such as: equip, games, tutoring. These new regulations have brought in a wave of girls into the college athletic scene. ... Opponents of Title IX claim that it should not be enforced in college athletics because there is a lack of athletic interest on the part of college females. ...

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Bush complained that U-M gives greater weight to a minority applicant/s race than it does for a perfect score on college admissions tests. ... Examples of how points are awarded include: • White students who attend high schools that have predominantly minority students get 20 points. ... • Students who are socioeconomically disadvantaged or who have overcome extraordinary obstacles can get 20 points. • Students from at least 114 highly regarded Michigan high schools get an extra eight points because of the strong curriculum and high numbers of students who attend colleg...

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Recently, the legitimacy of Affirmative Action's fairness in giving students of all races an equal chance has come under fire. ... Being a black female myself, I believe that students should be accepted based on merit of their performance and not their sex or race. ... It is harder for students from such schools to get into a good college. ... Colleges quest for more percentages of minorities lead to reverse discrimination. ... Texas has implemented the 10% program, which entails making the top percent of schools around the state eligible to come to the colleges. ...

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The most apparent and disturbing flaw in affirmative action is how it cheats more deserving students out of something they have earned and rewards minorities something they haven't. For someone to work harder than a minority individual their whole lives and both apply to a school and only the minority student gets in is a tragedy. ... These minority students can fill college quotas and eliminate any chance a lower class minority would have to get into college. ... Instead of using affirmatives action as a means to eliminate discrimination, it has forced colleges and companies to use discr...

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The Law and Me (Affirmative Action In Colleges) In 1964 and 1965 President Johnson signed the Civil Rites acts, and these acts included affirmative action. ... In other words they wouldn"t always take the 100 most qualified people, since 16 students entering the school must be a minority. "Bakke's qualifications exceeded those of any of the minority students admitted in the two years Bakke's applications were rejected"(www.plhs.esu3.org). ... Affirmative action has been challenged once again on college admissions. ... This is just one of many ways affirmative action affects Pu...

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In other scenarios, minority students who apply to colleges around the U.S simply get accepted because of their cultural background, rather than grades and qualifications like they do to the Caucasian students. ... For there can be a program that can prepare and even train minority high school students to go to college and meet the same standards that of a Caucasian student. ...

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According to a critic on affirmative action, "A college board survey, described in Andrew Hacker's Two Nations, in 1992 the average combined SAT score for black students whose parents earn more than $70,000 a year was 854, which was twenty-five points lower than the average SAT for white students whose parents earn less than $20,000 a year." ... Family incomes have less to do with SAT scores than the efforts students put into their studies. ... Instead, all students should raise their own standards in order to improve our society. ... Instead the school would rather accept a Mex...

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Basically, affirmative action is giving preferential treatment in College admissions, job hiring, etc. to minorities (but also those with disabilities and female applicants) in an effort to prevent discrimination. ... As we speak, many high school students across the country have who have applied to universities are being rejected because there are other, less qualified people who are getting accepted because they are minorities. ...

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Not only does it use race to decide who will get the better job, but it is based on an assumption that minorities cannot be as successful as white students and employees without government intervention. Imagine that two people have finished college, and each wants to go to the same medical school. ...

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These people I targeted were majority college students ranging from age eighteen to twenty seven. ... Providing equal opportunity and access to minority students at major universities, especially in areas that demand a high level of skill, are a major component of the plan to equalize in America's labor field. ... Although college-educated black women have reached earnings similarity with college-educated white women, college- educated black men earn 76% of the earnings of their white male counterparts (Do Racial Preferences help). ...

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The goals were later extended to college admissions and of government contracts. ... Minority students who have never been accepted into a decent school are now being accepted. ... Society's hopes are to end racism in school campuses and to have diversity between the students. ...

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More specifically, it applies to various programs and policies designed to increase the number of minorities and women hired by government and industry and admitted into colleges and universities."... With contracting,, "affirmative action helps firms owned by women and minorities, or firms that can show a disadvantage"(Lemann, 110) Affirmative action in education also reaches out to disabled students, women, minorities, economically disadvantaged students, veterans, etc. It helps them in many ways like: " early outreach programs, recruitment and retention programs, efforts in admiss...

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