What Is Fisher V. University Of Texas Concept Of Diversity

Fisher v. University of Texas case main issue is the automatic admission of the top 10% of the high school class has the effect of privileging moderately bright students at a school full of poorly performing students over moderately bright students at schools full of excellent performers. Diversity is not a word that alone stands for concept of race. Rather the concept of diversity should be applied in regard to race, gender, and income. At an essential level colleges and courts should look at the importance of diversity in regard to the applicant's character, which is shaped and developed by their culture and experience. Then otherwise admit members of that group into colleges and universities. The federal courts seem to have near infinite
creativity. I'm sure that considering, they could see that affirmative action is, in fact, equal protection of the law, since it addressed at ongoing inequality. The case about Fisher v University of Texas dealing with Richard Kahlenberg is relevant to the Southeastern Legal Foundation.
Affirmative Action should be both class and race , because based off of the size of the poor population increasing; there is a wider majority of people with different backgrounds. By accepting college students based off their wealth it would bring in a vast population of people with differing ethnicities and backgrounds. In this way, it is less biased towards one race over another. They should include a body of diverse students not just racially speaking so we can have a variety of perspectives to solve the issues of today. But I agree with others sentiment that more need to be done for those with lower Socioeconomic status since their enrollment seem to stay low because of the financial burden and also the lack of preparation, if they came from a school district with limited funds. I feel that both have a strong argument but it’s hard to agree on why the other one is better, this where morality is separate from the courts in this certain
case.
Should Texas focus socioeconomic diversity? I think that minority representation plays a huge role in for colleges especially race is a huge role as well as socioeconomic status. I think that this is an excellent way to close the educational gap that gets directly to the point. Students who faced special challenges over the course of their primary education should be given the same opportunities as students who have had every advantage growing up, and this sort of policy works to that end. There is little evidence that the University’s use of race made a large portion of the student classrooms. “The Top Ten Percent Law was considered a success with the percentage of African American and Hispanic students rising from 18.6% in 1996 to 21.4% in 2004…. The grade point averages and retention rates of minority students at the University were higher in 2004 than 1996.”( pg 8-9South Eastern Legal Foundation) This stat plays a key role in that Texas is becoming more cultural diverse and more students of different ethnic backgrounds will help the university become socioeconomic fundamentally sound.
“The basis of the argument is that race neutral strategies are usually superior to racial preferences in achieving the important educational benefits of racial, ethnic and socioeconomic diversity.”(page 2 South Eastern Legal Foundation) According to the University of Texas “The Top Ten Percent plan combined with socioeconomic affirmative action, produced as much indeed slightly more racial diversity in 2004 (4.82% African Americans and 16.21 Hispanic) than the use of race had in 1996 ( 4.37%African Americans and 15.37 Hispanic). (pg17-18 Kahlenberg). This percentage is small but it’s no better than Texas having no sort of diversity in its school of it is willing to give the top ten percent a fair chance. The underrepresented includes racial minorities as well as those of lower socioeconomic classes. While race-based affirmative action only includes racial minorities, it fails to include the less fortunate. It is reasonable to conclude that closing the income-based gap is more important at the time. Race-based affirmative action has done a good job in addressing the race-based achievement gap. Therefore, it is time to address the income achievement gap. Class based affirmative action is more broad. Racial minorities limit the amount of people who help can be offered to. Class-based action is more inclusive to those who aren't just a racial minority, but also less fortunate. Class-based affirmative action then leads to racial diversity as well because anyone can be in a lower socioeconomic class, but not everyone is a racial minority.
I believe that socioeconomic should play more of a role than race, I’m not saying that race is important but there should be more than skin color of a person.
To support this claim a professor from Georgetown believes that socioeconomic is more important than race. “Unfortunately, extensive research suggests that selective colleges and universities focus almost exclusively on what Georgetown Law professor Sheryll Cashin calls a superficial “diversity by phenotype” to the exclusion of a richer, more nuanced, emphasis on socioeconomic alongside racial diversity.”(page 5 Kahlenberg) I believe Class-based action is more inclusive to those who aren't just a racial minority, but also less fortunate. Class-based affirmative action then leads to racial diversity as well because anyone can be in a lower socioeconomic class, but not everyone is a racial minority. I would support the idea of class-based vs. race-based admission affirmative action in college admissions. If it is true that race is a large factor in economic disadvantage and denied opportunities, then class based Affirmative Action will address that. Otherwise, it creates more discrimination based on race, and assumptions fair or not that a student got in only because of
race.
While Texas does many things wrong, their 10% rule for the top two universities generally addresses this. Socio-economic factors should not undermine merit because colleges will discriminate against applicants that met the educational standards for those that didn't. Using any tool, race or socio-economic status, to discriminate is intrinsically flawed. Once the pool of students has met the educational requirements then colleges have flexibility to choose applicants for other reasons which they should including, but not limited to economic disadvantages. For me this is a touchy subject because you do have people who reach the academic requirements but a good portion of minorities cannot afford to go to school because of the cost of tuition and how outrageous student loans can be. Race is an important factor but so is socioeconomic because the higher education, more money you have the better chance you have of getting into a college. I just find it hard to believe that even though Fisher try to go for student loans which a majority of students have to do unless their parents can afford to pay for all four or how many years to graduate from college. But I guess if you feel strongly not being represented than you do what you got to do to make the best for you and others.