The University Of Texas At Austin

There are three schools students may have an interest in, these colleges are: Cal Poly Pomona, San Diego State University, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The information a student could research are graduation rate, admission rate, jobs out of school, curriculum, greek life, and the student to faculty rate. With the curriculum set at each university, many courses are offered to potential students. After one earns a degree, based on a specific curriculum, schools try to help one student get a job once that pupil have graduated. In the upcoming paragraphs one student could participate on campus: the fun in engaging in greek life, or how in class, the student to faculty ratio may affect a student 's learning. By gathering information

While the Texas public school system may not be segregated now it took a lot of court cases to get there due to Texas past as a highly segregated state. While this is the route that Texas takes, the United States simply takes the route of creating acts such as Race and National Origin Discrimination. Desegregation has been a troubling issue in not only the Texas public school system but also the United States as a whole. However, they have had to two totally different ways to handle this situation. Under the Texas Constitution separation of races was not wronged. This all change after a very controversial court case, Plessy vs. Ferguson and continued to reform by way of court decisions. The Plessy vs. Ferguson case decided that facilities could be segregated, but they must be “equal”. Texas being the highly racist state that it was at the time found loopholes around this judgment. Many of the schools for “colored” didn’t have enough supplies, outdated textbooks and underpaid and not very well

TS 2: How has diversity changed over the years? In the short article which is based off of her book, “Introduction from Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America” by Sheryll Cashin, the author talks about Abigail Fisher and the time when she was applying for her dream school, at the University of Texas. Fisher’s complaint about her admittance led to Fisher v. Texas; at that time, schools were using race as one of the factors for getting admitted into college. (Sheryll Cashin 714) As a nation, we have come a long way in terms of diversity and

To add diversity, the University of Texas decided to modify its race neutral policy. Now the university would use race for admission decisions. The University of Texas continued to follow the rule that the top ten percent of high school students would be automatically admitted into UT. This rule accounted for 81% of 2008 's freshman class. The other 19% of applicants could still be admitted by good GPA, high-standardized test scores, family conditions, leadership, and race (FISHER v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS).

The University of Texas - Pan American has been in operation since 1927, when it opened its doors with an inaugural class of just 20 students. Over the next 90 years, the university grew to become the tenth-largest public institution in the state of Texas, hosting more than 20,000 students who study fields like biology, business, and computer science at the school 's Edinburg campus. The tremendous growth of this institution has seen it transition from the smallest public school in the state to one of its major research institutions. It is also one of a handful of schools to serve students at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels, rounding out a full commitment to higher education among its Rio Grande communities. Though the school has already grown by leaps and bounds, it 's not quite finished as of yet. In late 2015, the school will merge with the University of Texas at Brownsville. This merger will significant increase the number of Pan American students as well as add a top-ranked medical school to the mix.

At the time that this initial lawsuit was filed, the University of Texas at Austin accepted students in the top 10% of each Texas high school’s graduating class. According to Wermiel. these student were accepted regardless of their race; under Texas House Bill 588. The Texas House Bill 588 guarantees Texas students who graduated in the top ten percent of their class admissions to all state-funded universities.

Ms. Fisher argued that race or ethnicity should not be a factor in the application process because it is simply unfair. The university responded that using race as a factor is only part of the admission process and is only used to ensure a large diverse group of students. The University of Texas automatically admits students in the top ten percent of high schools in the state. The school also used the affirmative action policy to admit students of other races, even with less credentials, over white students. While Ms. Fisher was not in the top ten percent of her high school, she still thought that with her GPA, performing arts, and other achievements; she would be able to attend the university.

The University of Arkansas Fort Smith (UAFS) was established in 1928 as an extension of the public school system in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It was known originally as Fort Smith Junior College until 1950, and it initially only occupied 15 acres. Today, the UAFS campus has approximately thirteen buildings in which classes are held in. There are several buildings that are on campus that do not hold classrooms for learning such as the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center, the Boreham Library, the Business Center, the Recreation and Wellness Center (RAWC), and the Lion’s Den. There is a total of 66 campus buildings and facilities on and off campus, and there is 1.16 million building square feet maintained by UAFS (“Why UAFS”). Each building on campus illustrates something different; there are several buildings that are new to our campus also. One building that is not new to our campus, but certainly grabs the eye of many students by either a positive or negative way is the building Gardner. Gardner is one of the oldest buildings on the UAFS campus, but besides the unusual layout that can be an inconvenience at times, the building has history, character, and beauty that out ways the negative any day.

UT made the holistic review, based on the decisions in Bakke and Grutter v. Bollinger. Those decisions establish that; universities may consider race-when in need or have interest in student body diversity. The Fifth Circuit emphasized, that UT was not looking to consider ‘race’ as a search, but a search for unique talents and backgrounds who could increase the diversity of the student body. UT needed more diversity in its campus, so they might have helped a few

Having done so it would still need to be narrowly tailored so as not to unduly injure any associated groups or individuals. Powell determined that attaining a diverse student body in an institution of higher education was a compelling state interest. In order to be narrowly tailored to this interest, the institution should use race as a "plus" factor. The quota system that the University of California applied set aside positions for minority students and focused on having a diverse statistical surface rather than attaining actual diverse backgrounds. Rather, as was done at Harvard, it was expected that all students should be considered together and race used as a bonus for minorities that would help account for the special perspective such students could bring to the campus (Schauer 589-597). While Powell's outline for programs had plenty of dissenters, none of them ever made it to a prominent position in the court system and so, since 1978, the rules of Bakke have been the proverbial law of the land. That is, until recently.

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) is one of the largest universities in Tennessee; however, they do not offer enough housing to provide for all of their students. As a result, students are expected to find their own housing off-campus. Hence, students must live in off-campus apartment complexes that are expensive, too far away, and difficult for young students to rent. While there are some benefits to off-campus housing, students face many problems in securing these types of housing situations. The prices of off-campus housing are high and the locations are often too far away from campus to walk. In addition, many apartment complexes do not want young, college-aged people living there.

There is an examination of the admission rates that demonstrates the mechanism by which the freshman pool of African American and Latino students has shrunk so dramatically” (Patricia Gandara). In California, these supposed benefits of affirmative action are not being seen. A study run by Liliana Garces “documented a 5% decline (from 2,010 to 1,906 students) from 1995 to 1996” of the minority group that was attending “five selective public law schools in California, Texas, and Washington” (Garces). These statistics help notify the public that affirmative action in these few states is actually having a reverse effect on these people, and in this situation affirmative action is creating no benefits for minorities. A similar study performed at UC Berkeley stated that “even as Chicano/Latinos increased their representation in the applicant pool at UC Berkeley from approximately 13 percent in 1995 to 19 percent in 2010, they experienced… nearly [a] 75 percent decline in the rate of admissions compared to just over 40 percent decline for whites” (Gandara). The facts prove that affirmative action at prestigious colleges is not helping minorities become accepted. It is a useless effort that the government is wasting their time on. Therefore concluding that affirmative action within this area is useless and leads many to wonder if we should even waste time on the

as having English as a second language and coming from an underprivileged background, that assisted minority applicants much more than non-minority candidates. In 2004, the University of Texas brought forth a proposal that sought to reestablish the direct consideration of race in the holistic admission process. UT’s reasoning for this re-introduction was to increase the presence of minority students in smaller “classes of participatory size” and to correct the demographic imbalance between the school and the state. This proposal was accepted without much resistance and race was added as component in calculating the Personal Achievement Index.

Eastern Illinois University is situated in small town Charleston Illinois in the Midwest region of the United States. Eastern Illinois University was originally founded in 1895 as a teacher’s college and had only a 2-year degree for training teachers for the schools of East Central Illinois, it was known as “Eastern Illinois State Normal School.” “Eastern Illinois State Normal School” had its name changed two more times before finally becoming Eastern Illinois University in 1957. Eastern Illinois University held its first classes in 1899 with 18 faculty members and 125 students. Eastern Illinois University chose its mascot the Panther in 1930 after many years of being called the Blue and Gray.

Loyola University of Maryland in the up and coming year is official welcoming an additional group of students that will participant along with class of 2021. This group of individual consist of 200 or so older adults. These adults are all over 70 years of age and are craving to be back in the classroom. The adults range from different medical backgrounds to different ages. Although this is a great campus, Loyola can make more improvements to accommodate their newest members of the Loyola community. With these new students is then must impact the dynamic of the residence halls, classrooms, support services, and everything that is given to the average aged undergrad college student. Loyola would also be able to supply the needs for the different types of aging such as normal and abnormal so everyone is given the same opportunities to excel. Changing the method Loyola has been accustomed to for years, this will create a positive image on older adults. Therefore, with Loyola allowing these individuals to attend and support their necessities, this then opens new doors to the older community and education.