Case Study 8.3 Affirmative Action
Case Study 8.3 Affirmative Action and the Urban, African-American Student Experience on Rural, Predominately White Campuses: Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease?
Suppose the Supreme Court decided that race could no longer be a factor in college admissions. Would you expect this change to increase or decrease the turbulence on Milltown State’s campus from Mr. Pike’s perspective? What about the perspective of Mr. Garcia and Mr. Smith? What about the perspective of future students of color on the campus? How might the situation cascade into higher levels of turbulence, and what consequences do you see? Is the program itself in danger of becoming unstable? If the Supreme Court didn’t mandate that the college had to have students of color to attend …show more content…
Smith and Mr. Garcia, the turbulence may be moderate. They have already expressed concern to Mr. Pike that students that enroll from New City are underprepared for college work, even if they were in the top ten of their high school. By not having the mandate in place, the college wouldn’t have a reason to admit students of color for diversity purpose to maintain funding. This would give the college an incentive not to admit as many students of color into the college, causing even more of a problem for the student coordinators of the minority student outreach and Step Up program. Without the Supreme Court requiring that students of color be admitted into the program, there may be a drastic decrease in student admissions and the Step Up program would have a drastic cut minority enrollment. If the college recruit the targeted student population of educationally and economically disadvantaged students, regardless of their race or ethnicity, the program shouldn’t be in danger of becoming …show more content…
The program caps the enrollment at 100 students per year. The school can have the admissions process be similar to a lottery, so the candidates are blindly picked for the program if they didn’t get accepted into regular admissions. By doing so, the school isn’t focusing just on one race or ethnicity to satisfy diversity in the school. If the school coordinators of minority student outreach continues to network with New City and outside the city, they should be successful recruiting students of diverse backgrounds, whether or not they come from an educational or socioeconomic disadvantaged background.
Mr. Smith knows that African-American students at Howard College have a much higher graduation rate that students who attend Milltown State. His performance is measured by the number of students from his territory (which includes New City) who enroll. According to the ethic of care, does he have an obligation to disclose graduation rates to prospective students of color who are choosing between Milltown and Howard, even if the prospects do not ask about graduation
Suppose the Supreme Court decided that race could no longer be a factor in college admissions. Would you expect this change to increase or decrease the turbulence on Milltown State’s campus from Mr. Pike’s perspective? What about the perspective of Mr. Garcia and Mr. Smith? What about the perspective of future students of color on the campus? How might the situation cascade into higher levels of turbulence, and what consequences do you see? Is the program itself in danger of becoming unstable? If the Supreme Court didn’t mandate that the college had to have students of color to attend …show more content…
Smith and Mr. Garcia, the turbulence may be moderate. They have already expressed concern to Mr. Pike that students that enroll from New City are underprepared for college work, even if they were in the top ten of their high school. By not having the mandate in place, the college wouldn’t have a reason to admit students of color for diversity purpose to maintain funding. This would give the college an incentive not to admit as many students of color into the college, causing even more of a problem for the student coordinators of the minority student outreach and Step Up program. Without the Supreme Court requiring that students of color be admitted into the program, there may be a drastic decrease in student admissions and the Step Up program would have a drastic cut minority enrollment. If the college recruit the targeted student population of educationally and economically disadvantaged students, regardless of their race or ethnicity, the program shouldn’t be in danger of becoming …show more content…
The program caps the enrollment at 100 students per year. The school can have the admissions process be similar to a lottery, so the candidates are blindly picked for the program if they didn’t get accepted into regular admissions. By doing so, the school isn’t focusing just on one race or ethnicity to satisfy diversity in the school. If the school coordinators of minority student outreach continues to network with New City and outside the city, they should be successful recruiting students of diverse backgrounds, whether or not they come from an educational or socioeconomic disadvantaged background.
Mr. Smith knows that African-American students at Howard College have a much higher graduation rate that students who attend Milltown State. His performance is measured by the number of students from his territory (which includes New City) who enroll. According to the ethic of care, does he have an obligation to disclose graduation rates to prospective students of color who are choosing between Milltown and Howard, even if the prospects do not ask about graduation