... programs that recruit black students contribute to "the significant number of black students dropping and failing out of colleges that they are unprepared to academically complete [Tur03]." The retention rate among minorities is unsettling: while 59% of whites graduate within six years of enrolling in college, only 38% of blacks and 46% of Hispanics do the same. Minority students are ... ...

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... and demand. A dollar in the east could buy an assortment of items, but in mining areas, twenty-five dollars was barely enough for dinner. Diabolical businessmen seized advantage of the unprepared pioneers, charging a dollar for a glass of water. It is documented that one man spent a hundred dollars for a glass of water. For the most part, these merchants earned more profit than ... under white bosses. In the Yosemite area, 350 Miwok and Yokut Indians were expelled from their land. Inhumane treatment continued as Indians did not have the right to testify against whites in court. Thousand...

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... and demand. A dollar in the east could buy an assortment of items, but in mining areas, twenty-five dollars was barely enough for dinner. Diabolical businessmen seized advantage of the unprepared pioneers, charging a dollar for a glass of water. It is documented that one man spent a hundred dollars for a glass of water. For the most part, these merchants earned more profit than ... under white bosses. In the Yosemite area, 350 Miwok and Yokut Indians were expelled from their land. Inhumane treatment continued as Indians did not have the right to testify against whites in court. Thousand...

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... " (Bronner Referendum). Quotas help minority students get accepted into college, but they do not help them graduate. The dropout rate for blacks at Berkeley was 42% compared to 16% for whites (Krauthammer 23). What is the point of students getting accepted into a college that they are not academically prepared for and then failing to graduate? The students who drop out have ... that is best suited towards their current academic stance. If they perform well, then they can move up. Our goal should not be to push students into a situation they are unprepared for, but instead to prepare them...

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