Of Sarah Karnasiewicz's Essay 'The Campus Crusade For Guys'
Are college institutions practicing affirmative action for boys, if so why?
Sarah Karnasiewicz is a writer and editor for Salon.com’s Life section. She has written most of her articles on education and youth culture. In her article, “The Campus Crusade for Guys,” she explores the gender gap between males and females applications for college admission. The question of whether affirmative action for boys has begun.
Karnasiewicz begins her article by presenting the opinion of child psychologist and advocate for boys, Michael Thompson. Thompson’s response, “I would be horrified if some lunkhead boy got accepted to a school instead of my very talented and prepared daughter just because he happened to be a guy” (909). Karnasiewicz continues her article with the current statistics of a gender gap ration of 43-57 male to female (909). Her thesis states that educators are asking if affirmative action for boys …show more content…
An example of a scholarly sourced used is a story written in Newsweek. Karnasiewicz writes, “Newsweek joined the fray with an eight-page cover story by Peg Tyre, breathlessly captioned “The Boy Crisis,” and laden with oversize color photos of doleful white boys, seemingly adrift in a sea of competent, well-adjusted girls”. (910) another example of how Karnasiewicz used credible evidence is using a quote from Tom Mortenson. Karnasiewicz writes “Mortenson, senior policy analyst at the Pell Institute for Opportunity in Higher Education and creator of the Postsecondary Education Opportunity Newsletter, agrees that a better qualified female may not have been accepted into a school because the admission office may have been trying to even the ratio”. (910). The author continues by quoting Mortenson, “ I know [affirmative action for boys] is being practiced, especially on liberal arts campuses where the gap is biggest because I’ve had administrators tell me so”
Sarah Karnasiewicz is a writer and editor for Salon.com’s Life section. She has written most of her articles on education and youth culture. In her article, “The Campus Crusade for Guys,” she explores the gender gap between males and females applications for college admission. The question of whether affirmative action for boys has begun.
Karnasiewicz begins her article by presenting the opinion of child psychologist and advocate for boys, Michael Thompson. Thompson’s response, “I would be horrified if some lunkhead boy got accepted to a school instead of my very talented and prepared daughter just because he happened to be a guy” (909). Karnasiewicz continues her article with the current statistics of a gender gap ration of 43-57 male to female (909). Her thesis states that educators are asking if affirmative action for boys …show more content…
An example of a scholarly sourced used is a story written in Newsweek. Karnasiewicz writes, “Newsweek joined the fray with an eight-page cover story by Peg Tyre, breathlessly captioned “The Boy Crisis,” and laden with oversize color photos of doleful white boys, seemingly adrift in a sea of competent, well-adjusted girls”. (910) another example of how Karnasiewicz used credible evidence is using a quote from Tom Mortenson. Karnasiewicz writes “Mortenson, senior policy analyst at the Pell Institute for Opportunity in Higher Education and creator of the Postsecondary Education Opportunity Newsletter, agrees that a better qualified female may not have been accepted into a school because the admission office may have been trying to even the ratio”. (910). The author continues by quoting Mortenson, “ I know [affirmative action for boys] is being practiced, especially on liberal arts campuses where the gap is biggest because I’ve had administrators tell me so”