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Week 5 - Final Paper
Race and College Admissions
In this assignment you will use data to explore the different
educational experiences among racial groups in the U.S., particularly in the
real-world example of race in college admissions. For context, the admission
process is an open one at Ashford University in that there are few barriers to
admission to a program of study. As such, Ashford enjoys a high occurrence of
diversity in its student demographic. This, however, may not always be the case
in traditional college admissions practices in the US.
Read the document submitted
by the American Sociological Association (ASA) to the United States Supreme
Court regarding a Michigan Law School case. The goal is for you to engage the
empirical data and summary arguments while drawing your own conclusions about
the college admission process.
After reading the ASA’s position on this case, address the
following:
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Thoroughly summarize the key elements of the argument presented by ASA.
This summary should include:
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A general overview of ASA’s position.
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A discussion of the fundamental justifications behind ASA’s
position including residential segregation, school segregation, economic
disadvantages, stigma, and the relevance of race-based life experiences to
university admissions.
Please be mindful to summarize the ASA’s position on these
issues in your own words.
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Argue your own position as to whether or not college admission
officers should consider race (as one of many factors), when deciding whom to
accept to colleges. Be sure to use scholarly evidence and empirical data to
support your position. Which position you take has NO bearing on your grade.
However, you will be graded on how well you support your argument with
scholarly evidence and empirical data, as well as the amount of thought put
into your argument. Your argument must:
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Be well-reasoned and based on scholarly evidence and empirical
data – Not on personal ideologies and/or uninformed opinions.
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Explain why you have chosen the position that you have (using facts
and empirical data).
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Depending on the position you take, propose either an
alternative solution to addressing racial inequalities in college admissions or
propose a solution for implementing racial consideration in the admissions of
an actual college setting.
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If you argue that race should not be taken into account
along with other life experiences in college admissions, then you must also
propose ways in which current racial inequalities of educational attainment can
best be overcome.
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If you argue that race should be taken into account along
with other life experiences in college admissions, then you must also propose
ways in which this could best be implemented in an actual applied setting.
The Race and College Admissions Assignment:
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Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length (excluding title
and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in
the Ashford
Writing Center.
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Must include a title page with the following:
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Title of paper
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Student’s name
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Course name and number
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Instructor’s name
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Date submitted
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Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis
statement.
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Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
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Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
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Must use the textbook and at least five scholarly sources.
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The Scholarly,
Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table
offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions
about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please
contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the
appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
Must
document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Cite your sources in text and on a separate reference page.