Affirmative action is important in higher education for minority groups in that it is a critical need to successfully develop role models and achieve diversity. According to the United States Census Bureau, more than half of all U.S babies today are people of color, and by 2050 our country will have no clear racial or ethnic majority. Communities of color are tomorrow’s leaders in many areas in society. For years minority groups in the United States are generally disadvantaged in reaching their full educational potential and because of this issue many states will lose substantial income since the residents will end up in lower paying jobs resulting in lower tax revenues. According to the American Center of progress, in college campuses around
…show more content…
These role models will strongly continue to influence younger people to reach for the moon to achieve excellence and follow the footsteps of other high achievers while further attain diversity in a competitive global economy. Affirmative action is intended to rectify the alleged discrimination problems in the past by allocating opportunities to minorities and women in higher education thus also enable them to become role models for future generations. According to Richard Brown and David Niemi (Investigating the Alignment of High School and Community College Assessments in California, June 2007), the standard path to higher education traditionally starts in high schools where Latinos and African-Americans are less likely than Caucasians or Asian students to take advanced placement courses or have SAT or ACT scores that could be used to enter a four-year institution. Therefore, these students will use the community college path to hone, improve, and sharpen their skills in the face of inadequate high school academic preparation. In California, over 70% of students were channeled into remedial math and 42% were placed in remedial …show more content…
Equity scorecard developed by Estela Bensimon, director of the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California (USC) help colleges to measure and examine educational equity among underrepresented students. The colleges use the scorecard to monitor progress and identify gaps by racial and ethnic groups. Elite California schools from USC, UCLA and UC Berkeley have been actively promoting transfer. From Melguizo study, USC becomes a leading university with greater racial and ethnic diversity than all counterparts. USC admits more than 1200 transfer students annually, a quarter of whom are Latino and African-American. Based on these studies, we can see that minority students have the potential to benefit from elite education and significantly contribute to a dynamic economy, but this will not happen without the right programs, incentives, and resources to support them. The United States is a melting pot with so many different races and
These role models will strongly continue to influence younger people to reach for the moon to achieve excellence and follow the footsteps of other high achievers while further attain diversity in a competitive global economy. Affirmative action is intended to rectify the alleged discrimination problems in the past by allocating opportunities to minorities and women in higher education thus also enable them to become role models for future generations. According to Richard Brown and David Niemi (Investigating the Alignment of High School and Community College Assessments in California, June 2007), the standard path to higher education traditionally starts in high schools where Latinos and African-Americans are less likely than Caucasians or Asian students to take advanced placement courses or have SAT or ACT scores that could be used to enter a four-year institution. Therefore, these students will use the community college path to hone, improve, and sharpen their skills in the face of inadequate high school academic preparation. In California, over 70% of students were channeled into remedial math and 42% were placed in remedial …show more content…
Equity scorecard developed by Estela Bensimon, director of the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California (USC) help colleges to measure and examine educational equity among underrepresented students. The colleges use the scorecard to monitor progress and identify gaps by racial and ethnic groups. Elite California schools from USC, UCLA and UC Berkeley have been actively promoting transfer. From Melguizo study, USC becomes a leading university with greater racial and ethnic diversity than all counterparts. USC admits more than 1200 transfer students annually, a quarter of whom are Latino and African-American. Based on these studies, we can see that minority students have the potential to benefit from elite education and significantly contribute to a dynamic economy, but this will not happen without the right programs, incentives, and resources to support them. The United States is a melting pot with so many different races and