Affirmative Action in College Admissions Affirmative Action has become one of the most controversial issues regarding college admissions. It is an issue that exposes profiling to its highest extent. Race‚ gender and income now become vital factors in education opportunities. Affirmative Action is the procedure that is used as a criteria in admissions that will increase the points a college applicant receives on their application evaluation based on the previous factors. Whether race should be
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often scrutinized factor is the use of affirmative action in admissions. While affirmative action should not hold the weight it does in admissions currently‚ it seems that people are unaware of the other preferential treatments given to certain students. Affirmative action in favor of underrepresented minorities has been a controversial topic debated and scrutinized by scholars‚ the media‚ and the public for many years. Two other preferential admissions programs have been less controversial but in
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Affirmative Action was introduced in 1961 by President Kennedy; ¹the executive order was given by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The goal was considered a method to right the many ethical and moral injustices inflicted on people of African descent during the time of slavery and post-Civil War years. Affirmative Action was to open doors for the African American‚ Hispanics‚ Native American and women to have better access to education‚ employment‚ housing and voting. Affirmative Action and
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Affirmative Action Affirmative action is a social policy created to promote the welfare of minorities by supporting the idea that individuals are all created equal and should not be judged by race or gender. Therefore‚ in situations like job and university applications‚ we should consider minorities to be as feasible a choice for hire as a white male candidate‚ taking into consideration their background. In short‚ it tries to give minorities that have been at a disadvantage their whole life‚ an
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Yuching Lin ECON 395 The Affirmative Action Debate Affirmative Action has recently become the center of a major public debate in the United States‚ which has led to the emergence of numerous studies on its efficiency‚ costs‚ and benefits. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ended wage and employment discrimination based on gender and race‚ significantly decreasing the gap between minorities and non-minorities. Minorities made major progress from the 1960s
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Disability ACT (ADA) and the Affirmative Action laws passed. The American Disabilities Act and Affirmative Action are examples of two separate laws put into place to protect these people‚ and in turn offering these people equal opportunities. Within the ADA and Affirmative Action‚ there are pros and cons that exist. Many people view Affirmative Action as a form of reverse discrimination. Some people‚ including myself (in very specific situations)‚ view the use of affirmative action as being used for the
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Affirmative Action was appropriate in years past and was a solution to end discriminatory hiring practices‚ however‚ it is over thirty years old. It was designed to end discrimination‚ ensuring minorities would be hired in the workplace regardless of gender or race. There are many debates and challenges to change the current policy‚ as there are many arguments for and against it. From legal aspects‚ if a company wants to diversify its work force it will avoid hiring practices that come under public
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Although affirmative action was originally implemented to assist minorities however‚ it can be argued that in turn affirmative action hurts minorities and in a way puts them at an educational disadvantage. The Most prominent advantage for minorities is that they can attend more elite schools than majorities. In recent years many scholars have noticed several instances where an under qualified student has been admitted to a school and not been successful because of their lack of preparation. For
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Introduction Affirmative action is a hotly debated topic in both the employment field and as a factor in the college admissions process. Affirmative action is widely used by most colleges to create diversity among the student population. This is starting to change as public schools and universities in California‚ Washington‚ Michigan‚ Nebraska‚ Arizona‚ Connecticut‚ New Hampshire‚ Oklahoma‚ Florida‚ and Texas have banned affirmative action as a base for admissions (NCSL‚ 2014). The Case against
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Bible as a tool to justify slavery‚ and some believe that the wording from God was his validation that he was pleased. Slavery‚ employment at will‚ and affirmative action has always been a debate that linked to race‚ cultures‚ politics‚ social statuses‚ religions‚ and the constitution. We could not have a clear discussion about affirmative action without addressing slavery. Slavery is a topic‚ many refused to discuss‚ and a topic most are not educated on. We could also not have a clear discussion
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