There has been a discussion over the process of admission to college in the past decade. Colleges for a long time have had a lack of diversity on their campuses. Diversity can be defined as people coming together from different races, nationalities, religions and sexes to form a group, organization or community. Today, society still struggles to add diversity into schools. Some understand we must have a moral obligation to our future generations to be diverse and equal so that everyone is given an equal opportunity which is where the affirmative action comes in. While others do not see an issue in banning the affirmative action and creating a "Religious Freedom Law" which discriminates against specific members of people. Some accept that diversity
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It helps improve corporate culture, recruit new employees, and improves productivity. Colleges have also created diversity scholarships so that students of color, female, even low-income students have a chance to go to attain higher education. Most of the time people of color are underrepresented in higher education for a number of reasons. Some possible reasons are poor past schooling leading them not to have high enough SAT/ACT scores and underemployment which will hold them back from their dream school. Not to mention that they might be the first in their family to have the opportunity for higher …show more content…
Hal Herzog describes it “That the troubled middle makes perfect sense because moral quagmires are inevitable in a species with a huge brain and a big heart.” (Herzog 247). In the troubled middle, you can see things from different angles and views, which might be a great place to be. With the affirmation action, there is a troubled middle because although this plan increases diversity it also lowers student accountability to perform better. Students who are lower income and minorities may be admitted to colleges because of class and race instead of knowledge but it leads to lower self-esteem because they are not prepared for a high demand classes. Leading to the students ultimately dropping out and question if the affirmative action
It helps improve corporate culture, recruit new employees, and improves productivity. Colleges have also created diversity scholarships so that students of color, female, even low-income students have a chance to go to attain higher education. Most of the time people of color are underrepresented in higher education for a number of reasons. Some possible reasons are poor past schooling leading them not to have high enough SAT/ACT scores and underemployment which will hold them back from their dream school. Not to mention that they might be the first in their family to have the opportunity for higher …show more content…
Hal Herzog describes it “That the troubled middle makes perfect sense because moral quagmires are inevitable in a species with a huge brain and a big heart.” (Herzog 247). In the troubled middle, you can see things from different angles and views, which might be a great place to be. With the affirmation action, there is a troubled middle because although this plan increases diversity it also lowers student accountability to perform better. Students who are lower income and minorities may be admitted to colleges because of class and race instead of knowledge but it leads to lower self-esteem because they are not prepared for a high demand classes. Leading to the students ultimately dropping out and question if the affirmative action