Group action

Supreme Court refused to sanction UT’s use of race in its undergraduate admissions process and, instead, remanded it back to the Fifth Circuit for review under what seemed to be a stricter standard, many worried that this would be the end of affirmative action. This fear is more acute now, since the Court has agreed to review the case once more, a possible signal that they disagree with the Fifth Circuit’s decision to uphold UT’s utilization of race. One concern is that without race, it would be…

The Importance of a Diverse Workforce One of the most influential writers of the renaissance, Michel de Montaigne, saw the crucial significance to conquer ignorance and to utilize the knowledge within every individual. He simply stated that, “There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity (Michel).” Diversity of genders, races, abilities, religions, and age provide better performance from the integration brought…

Our logic for choosing kinesin for developing CNS therapeutics is based upon our own research, which found that kinesins are transcriptionally upregulated during memory storage and that they are both necessary and sufficient to induce long-term memory storage (LTM) in the marine snail, Aplysia californica (Puthanveettil et al., 2008; Fig 1). Furthermore, other researchers have also discovered that an increase in specific kinesin function in the mouse forebrain improves working memory (Wong et al…

Affirmative action policies are those in which an organization interacts in the efforts to improve opportunities for people who have not been represented equally and fairly. Institutions of high academic achievement, Affirmative Action points out to the admission policies that maintain equal access to education for any groups who have not been represented equally and fairly. It was intended to help minorities ensure that they are represented equally. However, despite the efforts that have been…

first understand how this issue first developed, as well as what affirmative action is. Affirmative action is a policy also known as positive discrimination, in other words, it strives to favor people who are a minority, such as, people of color. This is an important issue as it affects legislators, colleges, but most importantly future college students. For this issue, there are those that are for and against affirmative action; as well as those who seek a compromise, like the Top Ten percent…

Affirmative Action Needs to be Overthrown for College Acceptance I plan to argue that college admission should not a consider a person’s gender and/or race/ethnicity but should solely focus on things that a student has control over, like grades and extracurricular activities. The idea behind affirmative action is supposed to be positive discrimination (to where the majority is the one being discriminated instead of the minority), but in the end discrimination is discrimination regardless of the…

happen within a unit leadership should apply a few practical application of group theory. Group theory is a tool leadership can use to develop effective groups through the understanding of group structure, effective use of communication, and conflict resolution theory. Group Structure Group structures within the Marine Corps is normally develop from the institutional leadership and small unit leaders does not have the…

An affirmative action plan is a strategy that encourages employers to increase the diversity of their workforce by hiring individuals based on race, sex, ang age. These potential employees must be qualified for the job. Although an affirmative action plan encourages hiring protected-class candidates, an employer cannot set quotas for this process. They can develop strategies to encourage applications from diverse candidates. Nevertheless, the issues regarding this type of plan is that the…

There are multiple variations for defining race. There is one definition, however, that most people confine to which is race being a group of people who have different and similar biological traits. Commonly, race is defined as if it is a term that is solid or concrete, but really it is socially fabricated. In society, race is based on the difference in physical appearance which is determined by the most apparent trait; skin color. Although race is socially constructed, the biological sense that…

Abolishing Affirmative Action Solves Nothing While potential college students fill out applications, a majority of the applicants will face the question regarding their race. Most educational institutions often strive for blind admissions in order to establish a fair picking process. However, affirmative action has served as an exception because it allows universities to aid specifically minority students in need of educational opportunities compared to privileged students. Unfortunately,…