... growth and enrichment. This is something that most students, including myself, value. I think a student's values may differ depending upon their age, ethnicity, religion, gender and race. Someone who is older may value their accomplishments more because they weren't given the same opportunities that most 18-year-old college students have. Most people attend college to become more skilled in a specific area. Although ... college campuses are usually very diverse, I do think they share similar behaviors. Usually, most students try to achieve the best grade they possibly can in a certain c...

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... response, many universities have adopted policies that limit free speech. Free speech is protected under the first amendment, which guarantees each individual freedom of expression. College campuses should abide by the first amendment, which guarantees students free speech. Restricting free speech not only violates the first amendment, it also allows bigotry to remain if hate language is regulated. Freedom of expression is ... assualtive speech is "You are fat and ugly, you old monkey." That serves no point, but insults the victim. Hate language can lead to an unsafe environment for vic...

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... skin, but by the content of their character." That is why Affirmative action was originally started. Affirmative action in college is a program for correcting the effects of discrimination in education against members of certain groups. It doesn't mean selection or rejection of students solely on the basis of race or gender, but unfortunately that is what it has come to. Affirmative action ... to give more of diversity among the campuses. 38% of high school graduates are African American and only 14% are amongst the college students. Affirmative Action was made up in order to make up fo...

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... and not be cheated because they were born white. I believe then that all people will be treated equally when applying for jobs or college. Supporters for affirmative action want to continue to have minorities put at an advantage. The opposing side would like to continue the ways ... is unconstitutional in some ways. Affirmative action supporters would say that there are other things like athletics or parents donating money that give students advantages so why should minorities not use race to get ahead. Mr. Terrelonge Stone considers these things another type of affirmative action. He .....

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... some mechanism for taking these social disadvantages into account must be provided for in college admissions policies. After all, without any form of preferential treatment whatsoever, the ratio of majority to minority students would become vastly disproportionate compared to that of the general population in favor of White students. This fact alone, some would argue, is evidence in itself that institutionalized ... social disadvantages not only exist, but that also as a matter of justice, should be taken into account in college admissions. At first glance, affirmative action certainly a...

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... the school is striving for to achieve diversity. 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. President Barack Obama is a product of Affirmative action. He attended Punahou ... was not only based on merit alone but also in appreciation of his ethnic background and economic position. As Obama did, many students of color hold an advantage in admittance because of the color of their skin. Therefore affirmative action is many times referred to as ... funded...

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... towards blacks. Since we are in a country that speaks highly of freedom and that everyone is equal under the eyes of god, white students and black students you can say are just being friends because that is what our society has taught us. Race is a troubling topic. Even though black ... racism issues are out the windows you still get a sense that white people and black people stay there own separate ways.I feel that students that get into college because of affirmative action, are losing out because they are not really prepared. The work ethic they perform is worse, and they are ... an...

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... to them. Don't insult their intelligence. In 1978 the Supreme Court began to diversify the campuses of America's college campuses to a generation of minority students, it made a very powerful distinction as race being a "plus factor." Why should checking off the little box on the college application stating one's race make that person more likely to be accepted than someone else who has worked ... average black student's SAT scores were 300 points below the average of those white and Asian students who were accepted into college. Students are many times accepted despite their scores, ye...

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... universities or hired for jobs because of their qualifications or ethnicity. This also holds true for Caucasians who are rejected. The problem with this policy is that it assumes black students cannot be expected to meet requirements applicable to others, and therefore may be exempted from them. Is this really the long term solution for achieving racial equality? Affirmative action hurts ... of Hispanics and blacks who do not need special treatment to be admitted to college. Weighing skin color over standardized test scores does not make sense. When any student is admitted to a college ...

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... universities or hired for jobs because of their qualifications or ethnicity. This also holds true for Caucasians who are rejected. The problem with this policy is that it assumes black students cannot be expected to meet requirements applicable to others, and therefore may be exempted from them. Is this really the long term solution for achieving racial equality? Affirmative action hurts ... of Hispanics and blacks who do not need special treatment to be admitted to college. Weighing skin color over standardized test scores does not make sense. When any student is admitted to a college ...

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... to underrepresented minorities. President George W. 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. It is ironic for Bush to do this because he was a recipient of Affirmative Action when he applied to Yale University. A close ... 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 college. • If a prospective student's mothers or father attended U-M, that's good for 4 points, the equivalent of turni...

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... different standards for applicants of different ethnic groups, because in reality, ethnic groups do not qualify proportionately. Government programs of affirmative action also are attempts to ensure ethnic diversity on college campuses. Such programs assert that by preventing preferential treatment, it will be the end of "equal opportunity." Civil-rights bureaucrats assume that disparities between groups in incomes, occupations, work ... be deleted to ensure that each applicant is judged on the basis of merit. In an effort to combat this type of discrimination, some states have adopted ...

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... for others" rights required of good citizens" (Goldberg, 332). This is what is said in the Fundamental Standard for behavior, and must be followed by students at Stanford University. But there is substantial pressure on college students across the nation. They are torn between the right to free expression and the right to nondiscrimination. By applying a hate speech code to the Fundamental Standard ... would violate our constitutional right to free expression, while at the same time a code of this sort protects us from verbal hatred and discrimination. Limiting derogatory speech reduces...

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... you would feel like if you couldn't get a job just because you are a white man and not a Hispanic man. "Affirmative action in college is the most discriminating thing this country has ever seen since the Jim Crow laws many years ago" (Robinson). The article goes on to say ... of affirmative action. Today, colleges must have a completely diverse student body, even if that means more qualified students must be turned away. More and more colleges are rejecting white students in favor of less qualified blacks simply due to Affirmative Action, is that fair? The obvious solution for ... Affirm...

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... the incidence of verbal and symbolic assault and harassment to which blacks and other traditionally subjugated groups are subjected- (Lawrence, 157). Among the settings of these expressions of intolerance are college and university campuses, where bias incidents have been occurring more since the mid 1980's. Understandably, outrage and demands for change are the responses to these incidents. But given the lack ... be dictating what they may think also, and by that, it is unlawful for the government to regulate racist or violent speech. By doing so the government would intrude on student...

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... they are not getting accepted for what they can do. They were accepted on false terms and that might not reach the standards of the college or university in which they are attending. Standardized tests are not the only thing colleges and universities look at it is known that some people ... that may excel in the classroom might not test very well. There should not be any other reason to be accepted to a college or university besides academic purposes. If a student gets accepted to a school because he is a gifted athlete that is a different form of discrimination. Not ... like intro to g...

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... work force. The practice of affirmative action must be stopped. The main argument for affirmative action is that it creates equal opportunity for people in the work force and for students seeking admission into higher education. However, this is not a valid point. While affirmative action creates equal opportunity for some individuals, it discriminates against others, primarily whites. Therefore, affirmative ... a faculty position. However, various surveys and estimates show that less than 4,000 blacks receive Ph.D.s in the United States. This is less than two black Ph.D.s for every Am...

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... most people don't recognize discrimination according to sex, it is vital that we make this an issue to be dealt with. Some teachers treat students differently based on their sex, and to have equal opportunities for every student, this is something that must be eliminated. In the past I have ... males and female to be unable to learn to their highest abilities and can deprive students of an education equal to their colleagues. This can affect them later in their lives by causing bad performance in college or any other education systems they take on later in life. It can also ... directly...

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... esu3.org). 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). This was the ... there are several negatives to affirmative action some of these problems are, The white male must lose his chance at entrance to a particular college or job is being penalized unfairly. He had nothing to do with slavery one or two centuries ago, and may not have anything to ... ances...

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... different courses or curricula in secondary schools and colleges designed for people with different abilities and different vocational goals. The high school should offer commercial, homemaking, mechanical arts, agriculture, and college-preparatory courses. All these differentiated courses should have a substantial common core of "education for the common life." A third to a half of the school day should be spent in this part ... of the program, with all kinds of students thrown together. In this common core there should be no sectioning of students by vocational aim or social position....

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... an example of affirmative action gone awry. I know a person who is a minority who got into a very prestigious college. Clearly some affirmative action was in play, for some better qualified white students were not accepted by that school. However, the minority student came from a very wealthy family, and therefore I don't ... allowed for some people to abuse the system. We can't blind ourselves to the fact that there are poor white students as well. Additionally, I believe that other forms of affirmative action exist that are counterproductive. In many major competitive NCAA schools, aca...

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... action affects everyone, including our children. Under the affirmative action law, our schools are currently recruiting students according to race and color. 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." (Rosen, p.3) In effect ... , the solution by supporters of affirmative action is to low...

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... If you do not have enough money to support something, then it is most likely nothing will get done. A good example of this was when Dartmouth College did not have enough money to sustain a swim team until the whole team and alumni were able to raise $2 million. They were said to be the ... much money, they were able to stay afloat for the following 11 years. This just shows that without money, you do not have anything as sustaining a college sports program. I know the statistics above suggest that it is not fair for men's coaches to make so much more than women's coaches, but if ... not ...

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... that discriminate according to sex, both male and female. In my freshman year of high school I had a female math teacher that favored male students to female. She would always go around the class answering the males" questions first and more thoroughly and then move to the female ... students answering their questions quickly and briefly. We sat at tables of four, and I sat with three females. Anytime they would have a question ... causes males and female to be unable to learn to their highest abilities and can deprive students of an education equal to their colleagues. This can affect...

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... employment and educational opportunities for minority groups (22). Therefore, Affirmative Action is legitimate because it does reduce discrimination in the work place and related areas such as University acceptance of college students. In the end, it should in no way be abolished. However, Affirmative action is highly controversial. Right now Proposition 209, in California which bans all programs involving race and sex ... Law School was banned from using race at all in their admitting. Attorney General Dan Morales of Texas has understood the ruling as "banning Affirmative Action in adm...

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