One of the most strived for things in life is academic excellence however the path to it is never easy. Author Thompson Ford’s article “How To Understand Acting White” outlines Stuart Bucks arguments about the irony of desegregation in education. A separate essay written by, Alfred Lubrano, “The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts” has similar ironies about the average college student. If Ford was to read Lubrano’s essay, Ford would come to a more complex conclusion by incorporating arguments and concepts from Lubrano’s essay. Ford may utilize Lubrano’s essay to expand on certain concepts such as the proximity effect, socioeconomics, and the level of education in top tier schools to further explain the “acting white” phenomenon from his own article.
In “Net (Race) Neutral: An Essay on How GPA + (reweighted) SAT - Race = Diversity,” Christine Goodman illustrates the opposing viewpoints in regards to the racial discriminatory efforts by the college institutions to help diversify the incoming freshman class. With this, Goodman provides statistics and opinions of experts on the matter, which includes comparison of such discriminatory acts against other institutions. To begin, she brings up an enlightening, yet controversial court case decision: Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (2013). This court case demonstrates significance to this topic because it counteracts a previous court case, Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), which, “upheld diversity as a compelling interest that would justify narrowly
Jennifer Delahunty Britz’s article, “To All the Girls I’ve Rejected”, begins by explaining how her daughter was waitlisted at a college she was qualified to attend. Following this, Britz elucidates reasoning behind this, informing that colleges show bias towards male applicants. It soon becomes clear that many declined and waitlisted female applicants possess more capability than accepted males. In order to prevent this, admission committees should exercise a gender-blind admittance procedure. Britz, dean of admissions at Kenyon College argues that: “few of us…were as talented…at age 17 as this young woman.
The article “Women’s college enrollment gains leave men behind” by Paw Research Center did research on the increase of women attending college. They show that in 1994, 63% of high school females and 61% of high school males were enrolling in college. In 2012, women increased to 71% but the men stayed at 61%. The reason for these large gender gaps is that barriers for women in the working field have lowered and allowed college education benefits to increase for women. As many campuses offer scholarships to young women and clubs they can feel welcomed in.
In this memo I will be going over Higher Education Debates dealing with the fears of Asian quotas being imposed; as well as going over why there seems to be a trend of Asian-American parents who are more biased towards prestigious colleges. For the first article regarding Asian quotas, I will be summarizing and reflecting upon the six arguments whether it is believed that certain Ivy league schools impose a quota on the Asian-American population or not. As for the piece dealing with Asian American parent preferring Ivy League schools for their children, I will briefly summarize and discuss the cultural reasons why Asian-American parents are highly selective over their college choices for their children. In Ron Unz’s debate, he provides statistical evidence indicating that Ivy league schools place quotas on the Asian-American population
In terms of postsecondary education, African immigrants have been given priority over other black Americans for affirmative action in higher rank institutions, leading to the creation of the idea of them as a new model minority. They have been cited as the racial group with the highest percentage of university and advanced degrees at 48.9% in 2010 and 8.2% in 2014 respectively (Ukpokodu 70). There are many problems with the seeming prioritization of accepting more African immigrants into universities. Not only the fact that less native-born black Americans are not getting spots in these institutions therefore dividing African immigrants and native-born African Americans even more, but also that this puts pressure and intense expectations on
Explaining Racial Variations in Education Introduction Racism still exists within educational institutions, and the socioeconomic gap between social classes is a key factor for the ongoing racial divide for students. In this essay I will demonstrate the reasons for the racial educational inequalities and variations that exist within school systems. The article “Explaining racial variations in Education” gives a persuasive argument as to why there are still racial variations that concern a student’s education. For example, the author, Caroline Hodges Persell, claims that race is not an individual attribute, rather it is a socially constructed system that involves individuals who have advantages over another group of individuals.
Although colleges attempt to justify how they segregate and treat applicants differently due to their race, they cannot deny that this ultimately creates an environment in which certain students are held to unfair standards on account of factors that they cannot control. Despite this,
Every single race, including Native Americans, faces struggles that may come across blind to other races. Education, employment opportunities and measure of wealth are just a few factors that go hand and hand with race and racial connotations. It is true that college acceptance rate and race/ethnicity have some connection, but what does this special treatment mean? It gives the impression that minorities need the extra push, and it gives white students a reason to see race as an object or something that legitimately imposes on life chances. Andrea Smith, associate professor of media and cultural
Since the beginning of time, African-Americans have been seen as inferior, incapable, and inhumane. After the Civil Rights Movement, the issue of racism was broadcasted internationally, and people globally saw how African-Americans were treated due to the color of their skin. Once the movement was over; African-Americans would have another issue to tackle; societal advancement. History books suggest that racism was finally over after the Civil Rights Movement, but racial bias is still embedded in white society. Racism may not be as harsh, or publically displayed, but African-Americans are not advancing at the same rates as whites.
Education is vital for everyone. It is a door of great opportunity not only confined in working fields but it cultivates the most significant aspect in life in oneself that is, knowledge. People who succeed are those who go through the door of opportunity and face an abundance of challenges and trials to shape their mind and thinking process in order to see the world in multiple perspectives. In the world these days, accessing to education does not seem to be a problem to the modern society however, there is still a remnant from the conventional and traditional thought resided in a certain particular society regarding education and women especially in the third world countries in which women are being discriminated in many facets.
Through STOMP I have worked in many schools that have diverse student bodies, allowing me to see first hand the dynamics of race and power in schools. I am also taking a class about race and gender in school and how the power hierarchy is perceived in education. As a White female I have lived a privileged life and was not exposed until high school to the race and class struggle that so many face in our country. After coming to college I began to realize and appreciate my background and the resources and opportunities I had as a child. Once I understood my own place of privilege I was better able to understand the power and privilege structures of communities.
Race and gender have usually had there run ins with the school boards. In America it's more of a race issue but in other countries, women are not allowed to go to school. The U.S. Department of Education's 2014 Civil Rights Data Collection shows a report that gives an intelligible picture of how race and ethnicity is affecting the way students learn and the way they are being treated in all levels of education. The report states that "Black, Latino and Native Americans have a bigger chance of going to schools with a higher concentration of first year teachers than white students. " It has is stating that African American kids are three times more likely to be expelled then white kids.
Martha Peraza SOC 3340 Inequality in Education California State University, Bakersfield Abstract In the United States, there exists a gap in equality for different demographics of students. The factors contributing to educational disadvantages include socioeconomic struggles, gender of students, language or culture, and particularly for the scope of this paper, race.
Women still fall behind in earnings and productivity, and in the strength of their voices in society. In some areas, such as education, there is now a gender gap to the disadvantage of men and boys. Gender inequality is seen at the very highest level, with women underrepresented in government decision making positions. Women
