Race and College Admissions by Blake Childress https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4 en-us 2022-07-25 04:56:09 UTC 2026-03-14 08:25:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Slide #1: Professional Perspective/Audience/Topic bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2249582814 My name is Blake Childress, I am a graduate student within the Curriculum and Instruction: Advanced Instructor program. The purpose of this presentation is to inform the educators, parents/guardians, students, and future educators of the impact of race and ethnicity on college admissions.

The significance behind the process of race and college admissions is a topic that does not receive a lot of attention and has faced a lot of controversial oppositions. This topic can affect many of the students from diverse school districts aspiring to attend college.

Reference

Kane, T. J. (1998). Racial and ethnic preferences in college admissions. Ohio St. LJ, 59, 971.
https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/ohslj59&div=32&id=&page=

]]> 2022-07-26 01:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2249582814 bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2249768659 Carl Jacobson is an AVID middle school teacher for Bohls Middle School, he teaches grades 6th through 8th. He is also the schools AVID team lead. Mr. Jacobson prides himself on keeping up with all ethical policies, laws, and local mandates that effects the present and future path of students. Although the school recently opened up last year. Jacobson has made an effort to foresee the success of every AVID student that he comes across. 

This topic impacts students of every racial background because it can potentially impact the future minority students who may originate from low poverty areas and who have less of an opportunity to attend colleges. These specific policies of universities increase the opportunity for more diverse campuses.

Three strategies that Jacobson stated that he employs within the AVID curriculum are to:
               
1.  Start students early on college readiness routines

2. Prepare students to attend college or trade schools

3. Push students to achieve the top 10% of their class

Mr. Jacobson makes it a priority to move forward with his plan to turn Bohls into a AVID campus, in order to benefit each every student on campus.



References
(C. Jacobson, personal communication, July 22,
2022)
Long, M. C. (2004). Race and college admissions: An alternative to affirmative action?. review of Economics and Statistics, 86(4), 1020-1033.
https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/86/4/1020/57513/Race-and-College-Admissions-An-Alternative-to]]> 2022-07-26 06:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2249768659 Slide #3: Professional Association bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2249908040
With the current Supreme Court’s decision to handle the admission cases of Harvard University and University of North Carolina. The NACAC fully sides with the universities intentions to diversify its population. It makes an effort to push engage its members in communication and programs that develop understanding in current admission practices.



Reference
Diversity and access. National Association for College Admission Counseling. (n.d.). Retrieved July 24, 2022, from https://www.nacacnet.org/knowledge-center/marginalized-populations/diversity-and-access/ 

]]> 2022-07-26 11:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2249908040 Slide #4: Current Article bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2249958718 The article discusses the effects of how Black education is affected within the college admission process. It first introduces the pathway of how Black education has been created and the altered throughout time.

The article first addresses how affirmative action first came to be and how it originally affected Black education. It also covers the current discriminatory practices that had an affect on Black education as well. It then highlights how affirmative active progresses throughout history and how it has in most ways benefited the black population attempting to attend highly selective college campuses

The article progresses to identify some key strategies to implement that may be already in effect in some institutions or some policies that may not be in effect as of yet.
 



Reference
Edwards, J. A. (2021). Black Pathways: Examining the History of Race Considerations in College Admissions at Highly Selective Campuses. Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, 10(2). 
https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jctp/article/11607/galley/11710/view/]]> 2022-07-26 13:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2249958718 Slide #5: Current Article bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250017999
The article calls attention to the fact that most people presume to think that African Americans have an advantage over White students, however the studies in this article show that African Americans are still at a huge disadvantage.

The article explains the resources that White students have access to, that African Americans do not. The article examines the percentages of how students who come from underprivileged backgrounds. It also describes the impact of Universities not having a race admission process and how that would affect African American and diversity within the campuses as well.


                                       Reference
Adams, S. (2022, April 21). White students have an advantage in college admissions, says new survey. Forbes. Retrieved July 26, 2022, from https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2021/12/06/white-students-have-an-advantage-in-college-admissions-says-new-survey/?sh=4bf934872e46


]]> 2022-07-26 15:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250017999 Slide #6: Civil Rights Act of 1964 bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250038870

The Civil Rights Act of 1964  was act that succeeded the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and forbade any discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin. 

The race and college admissions policy utilized within universities, was created to meet the needs of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, an attempt to make sure that diversity spread throughout education.


Reference 

Civil Rights Act of 1964, Pub.L. 88-352, 78 Stat. 241 (1964).

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/statutes/civil-rights-act-of-1964#:~:text=In%201964%2C%20Congress%20passed%20Public,hiring%2C%20promoting%2C%20and%20firing.]]> 2022-07-26 16:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250038870 Slide #7: Constitutional Law: 14th Amendment bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250055975                                           
The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution exclaims that all persons born, nationalized, or subject to jurisdiction within the U.S. are citizens of the U.S. and the state they reside in.

This amendment correlates to the race and college admissions polices because this amendment is used as the foundation for counter arguments when the universities utilize race determining factors in admittance.

                                           References 
(U.S. Const. amend. XIV)
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/United_States_of_America_1992
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The Texas Administration Code 61.101 (f) 1, complies with the constitution of Texas and the TEC in making sure that every student is provided with an equal education opportunity.

In terms of the race and college admissions policies utilized within universities, this administrative code directs universities within Texas to comply with this order

                                        References 
 Tex. Admin. Code § 61.101 (2020)
https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tloc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_tac=&ti=19&pt=2&ch=61&rl=101]]> 2022-07-26 17:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250079493 Slide #9: Judicial Law bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250114375 Grutter v. Bollinger

In Grutter v. Bollinger, the case ended with the decision that affirmative action is plausible in Michigan Law Schools case and that so long as university  is utilizing race as a factor to increase diversity.

The connection between this case and the race and college admission polices utilized within universities, is that this was the first court case that established the grounds that using race as a factor to establish diversity within the campus was permitted so long as it is not the sole factor.


                                      References
(Grutter v. Bollinger, 1954)
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2002/02-241

]]> 2022-07-26 19:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250114375 Slide #10: Local Administrative Policy bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250122015    UT Austin's Affirmative Action Plan is the current administrative policy. The school currently admits 75% of freshman using a top 6% of their high school class review. The rest of the class is subject to holistic review.           


                  References
Policies. Office for Inclusion and Equity – Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. (n.d.). Retrieved July 24, 2022, from https://equity.utexas.edu/compliance-reporting/affirmative-action-plan/

Waller, A. (2021, July 27). Federal judge tosses lawsuit that sought to end UT-austin's affirmative action policy. The Texas Tribune. Retrieved July 26, 2022, from https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/27/ut-austin-affirmative-action/#:~:text=The%20ruling%20upheld%20the%20university's,through%20a%20holistic%20review%20in ]]> 2022-07-26 19:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250122015 Slide #11: Ethical Principle bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250126406 Within the Code of Ethics and Standard Practices for Texas Educators Rule §247.2 Standard 3.4, it states that an educator will not exclude students based upon race, color, gender, religion, and etc. or grant them advantage.

  This ethical code can be seen as problematic from both sides because it supports the argument for diversity and yet it also exclaims to not grant them an advantage.                                          
                                    References
Tex. Admin. Code § 247.2 (2020)
https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.TacPage?sl=R&app=9&p_dir=&p_rloc=&p_tloc=&p_ploc=&pg=1&p_tac=&ti=19&pt=2&ch=61&rl=101]]> 2022-07-26 19:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250126406 Slide #12 Personal Connection to the Legal and Ethical Standards bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250130781 In terms of the legal and ethical standards mentioned within the previous slides, I hold a deep connection to this controversial topic. Being an African American Male who attended multiple highly selective schools, I feel grateful towards the admission policies and processes that are still in effect. I have attended the University of Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas, Texas State University, and now Angelo State University. I can not honestly say that I would have been admitted to every last one these schools without some of their policies that sought out racial diversity. I was not within the top 6 percentile of my graduating class, in fact I was in the top 10 percentile range. I consider the legal and ethical standards a huge benefactor within African American communities.

                                          References
Carapezza, K. (2022, May 12). If the Supreme Court bans considering race in college admissions, could giving a boost to 'strivers' maintain campus diversity? News. Retrieved July 24, 2022, from https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/2022/05/10/if-the-supreme-court-bans-considering-race-in-college-admissions-could-giving-a-boost-to-strivers-maintain-campus-diversity  ]]> 2022-07-26 20:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250130781 Slide #13: Bulleted list of Recommendations / Best Practices for Compliance bchildress4 https://padlet.com/bchildress4/kgb3wqfdwypx4p4/wish/2250134256
  •  Adopt a holistic review
  •   Adopt a top percentile acceptance system that accepts more than just the top 10 percentile range.
  • Advocate for dual admission programs that allow for students to attend a community college and transfer into the institution.
  • Adopt a comprehensive review system that evaluates the students overall and not just on race primarily.
  • Create a program that seeks to help grant minority students the opportunity to attend more highly selective colleges.
  • Seek methods to address the systematic issues that may be affecting minorities access to higher education.  
  • Seek the help of other institutions.       
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