In the lives of most minority students, education is seen as essential; it's a dream that is still being interpreted. ... Throughout my community college days and up until last semester, there were only about one or two people of color or minority groups in each of my classes, this in a way affected both my social and academic life. ... I believe that if there were equal number of ˜minority groups' and majorities both students and professors accepted and employed in an institution, students in the former group would feel more connected, academically inclined to succeed which i...

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While race should be one of several considerations in the process of college admissions, it should not be the deciding factor in admitting one student over another. ... This hard work is what distinguishes successful students from students that would not succeed in college and would perhaps benefit in the long run from a different form of job training. ... (Source H) Replacing affirmative action boosts with rewards that give hard-working minority students a spot in college can be a good alternative to handouts. ... Admission into college for a student who does not meet the requisite academi...

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In fact, it may be the reason why many of us attend Fullerton Community College rather than pursuing an education at a more prestigious university. ... For example a school may offer acceptance to 30% of African American students, 25% of Hispanic students and only 10% to Oriental students, even if that means lowering the standards. ... As Obama did, many students of color hold an advantage in admittance because of the color of their skin. ... This is where supporters of affirmative action and non-supporters agree that something must be done for these students who are academically behind. ... ...

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Today, the SAT I play's an important role in young high schools student's college careers. ... There are over100-accredited colleges in the state of Virginia that all require the students to take the SAT as a part of the admission process. Throughout these hundreds of colleges, students have to score within a certain range (preferably in the 500 range in both verbal and math) to even be considered for admission. ... For this reason, students may find it harder to get accepted at these accredited Colleges and Universities in Virginia. ... However, too often a student's performa...

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Under this policy, colleges have been encouraged to take race and ethnicity into account for their admissions process. ... In addition, affirmative action helps colleges obtain a diverse student body, which supposedly has many educational benefits. ... Supporters of affirmative action use in college admissions will often stress the benefits of diversity among students in a campus. ... "Undoubtedly[,] there are other ways to better the education of law students aside from ensuring that the student body contains a critical mass of underrepresented minority students. ... Although a diverse stude...

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It ruled that the federal courts had authority over the segregation issue and that the integration of students should commence immediately. ... By the 1960's, violent acts were committed in response to the admittance of blacks to colleges and universities. Some states did not admit the black students but the federal government intervened. It resulted in the brutal attacks on the students and soldiers. ... Society started to accept different races and ethnicities more and the schools started to integrate students in order to unify them. ...

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It ruled that the federal courts had authority over the segregation issue and that the integration of students should commence immediately. ... By the 1960's, violent acts were committed in response to the admittance of blacks to colleges and universities. Some states did not admit the black students but the federal government intervened. It resulted in the brutal attacks on the students and soldiers. ... Society started to accept different races and ethnicities more and the schools started to integrate students in order to unify them. ...

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After attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, King went on to study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and later at Boston University. ... In response to Kings leadership and modern strategies, black college students initiated a wave of sit-in protests in 1960 that led to the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). King supported the student movement and was extremely impressed with the response in help with the youth and young adults. ...

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Edwin Bancroft Henderson, known as the grandfather of basketball, introduced the sport to his students in 1904. ... College basketball teams in the 1930s dominated the scene. ... In the spring of 1930, Lucille Townsend graduated from High School; from there she attended Bennett College. ... At most white colleges, the idea of varsity basketball clashed with the visions of ladylike gentility that they wished their students to embody, and competition was thus limited to intramurals, the faculty at many African American colleges held to a more expansive conceptualization of womanhood, one that co...

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Bledsoe, the narrator's college President, has to be one of the most influential characters. ... He constantly makes a mockery of the college founder's dream of lifting the veil of ignorance of black people. The narrator, who suspects that Bledsoe is keeping the veil in place to ensure that the students remain in the dark, is unfortunately greatly influenced by him. ... Washington, who is supposedly the founder of the narrator's college, Bledsoe portrays that there is a necessary behavior of black people in order to maintain support and approval from white America. ...

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Prospective students must reside within a particular school's district, meaning that blacks from underprivileged neighborhoods are forced to attend poorly-funded schools. ... Consequently, less blacks complete a high school diploma, or have less college preparatory courses if they do go to college. ... When Barack Obama addressed the NAACP in 2007, he raised the concern that, "more young black men languish in prison than attend universities and colleges across America." ...

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Modern Day Challenges Dropout rates for Native American students are double that of the non-Hispanic white majority. ... While this percentage may seem high compared to many reports, this statistic includes students who may have graduated late or went on to get a GED. ...

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This act forced President Dwight Eisenhower to call for federal troops to protect the black students who were admitted into the school. ... This organisation expanded and reached African Americans in college. Four students from an all-black college began performing 'sit-ins'. ... Several other students from all over used this example and started their own sit-ins. ... The practice of sit-in's formed the student nonviolent coordinating power which helped administer a need for civil rights legislations by President John Kennedy(Alfridge,2014). ...

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Neo-Racism When I walk around my campus, specifically when I wonder around the HUB (a common area for us college kids to eat, relax, study), it is hard for me to not notice the color line separating my peers. People are usually in the HUB advocating for people to join their sorority, fraternity or organization and some of those organization or groups of Greek life explicitly state they are seeking African Americans, Hispanics, or Irish students. ... Social engineering states that students need to be educated on our nation's history and on the history of the different cultures and races wi...

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The postwar GI Bill sent millions of ex-soldiers to college "often to campuses that had never before been available to students of their means and ethnicity. ... This rapid growth meant tens of millions more readers "and colleges and universities began to encourage the reading of writers and literary movements outside of "the canon- that had been established decades before. ...

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Before affirmative action was created, a large majority of students in college were Caucasian and most employees of large corporations were Caucasians (Plous). But ever since affirmative action has come into the picture, the rate of minorities in college and in the business world has risen dramatically (Affirmative). ...

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Black students could not attend the University of Miami or any of Florida's other state-supported colleges except Florida A & M University in Tallahassee. ... On May 17, 1954, the Court declared unanimously that the segregation of public-school students solely on the basis of race violated the Equal Protection principle of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. ... The extent to which Florida had delayed dealing with the question of desegregation can perhaps best be observed in the fact that it was in February of 1959, that the Dade County School Board finally assigned four black ...

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In school, Martin was a very intelligent and thriving student, he graduated from Booker T. Washington high school, doing good enough to skip 2 grades and graduate at 15 and finished college, top of his class at 19, getting a Bachelor of Divinity following it up with becoming a minister just like his father, preaching tolerance and the Christian belief of loving your neighbor. ...

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He was educated at a British missionary boarding school at Fort Hare University, from which he was expelled in 1940 for leading a strike with a fellow student. ... After attending grammar and high school locally, King enrolled in Morehouse College (also in Atlanta) in 1944. ...

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