Race-Based Admission in Higher Education Linh Nguyen Northeastern University Professor Daniel Volchok EDU 6220 Section 1 November 8‚ 2012 Race-Based Admission in Higher Education In 1992‚ a young White woman by the name of Cheryl Hopwood applied to the University of Texas Law School. Although she had above average LSAT scores and a good undergraduate grade point average‚ she was denied admission. Four years later Hopwood‚ along with four other plaintiffs‚ filed a lawsuit against the
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mental health admissions and the petition process Enter Name Here Karen L. Jones‚ RN‚ MSN/ed‚ BSN Psych. Clinical There are different routes to inpatient mental health treatment in Arizona. My goal is to explore the different rationales for voluntary verses involuntary admissions and also the petition process for our state. Mental health patients treated on an inpatient basis are either admitted under a voluntary admission or an involuntary admission. Arizona state
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Life is all about finding your way and what makes you happy with yourself‚ many people call this the pursuit of happiness. Every human being will experience this at some point in their life‚ I experienced this at the age of 15 when I lived in Washington State attending Steilacoom High School. I wanted to play basketball but my grades were not acceptable to my dad‚ so I couldn’t play until I got them up. Basketball has always been a great passion of mine since I was 7 years old‚ I kept telling my
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them‚ but never find the time. Then I heard about the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship and I knew I had to apply for it. I figured six months would be enough time to write a great essay and get my recommendations in order. But never in my life had six months gone by so fast. Before I knew it I was typing an essay three weeks before it was due. I‚ sadly‚ did not get the scholarship. It was hard to look at my disappointed parents and I thought about how much harder they’ll have to work because I
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Information Technology Education Volume 10‚ 2011 Students Selection for University Course Admission at the Joint Admissions Board (Kenya) Using Trained Neural Networks Franklin Wabwoba Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology‚ Kakamega‚ Kenya fwabwoba@gmail.com Fullgence M. Mwakondo‚ Mombasa Polytechnic University College‚ Mombasa‚ Kenya mwakondopoly@gmail.com Executive Summary Every year‚ the Joint Admission Board (JAB) is tasked to determine those students who are ex-pected to join various
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GENERAL PREPARATION OUTLINE TEMPLATE (Write full sentences) NAME: Ida Spearman TOPIC: Should race be a factor in college admissions? GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform my audience on why race shouldn’t matter in college CENTRAL IDEA: For some‚ getting into college was their life’s dream. While for others‚ going to college could very well mean their lives. Introduction I. Attention-Getter: Have you ever wonder what life would be like after childhood?
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ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS FOR ADMISSIONS THROUGH JEE(MAIN)-2013 For Delhi and outside Delhi Region‚ the candidate should have appeared in JEE(Main)-2013 and have been declared eligible for Central Counseling by the CBSE. Educational Qualifications: For Delhi Region Candidates (85% of seats) A candidate passing any of the following examinations from a recognized School/College/Institute located within the National Capital Territory of Delhi only and securing 60 % or more marks in the aggregate of
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Why an MBA Is Imperative to My Success I am pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree to attain the necessary tools to manage and lead an efficient staff in a healthcare environment. Currently‚ my role as a Clinic Staff Coordinator at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSWMC) involves training and developing new front office staff within the numerous outpatient clinics on campus. While my passion for helping others grow is satisfied in this position‚ my ultimate
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Affirmative Inaction: Colored College Admissions Students are increasingly being admitted to colleges based on the color of their skin‚ rather than their actual talent that sets them apart from others because of Affirmative Action programs. Affirmative Action is defined as: “any policies that (a) attempt to actively dismantle institutionalized or informal cultural norms and systems of ascriptive group-based disadvantage‚ and the inequalities historically resulting from them‚ and/or that (b) attempt
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Along the outside looking in‚ this is a glamorous yet alarming time in the lives of many seniors across this nation. As we proceed the next chapter in our lives and begin the road to our independence. It’s forcing us to realize that the past four years is concluded on a few pieces of paper compiled of our: grades‚ GPA‚and test scores wrapped up and called “our future.” In hindsight the future is as clear as 20/20 vision‚ yet still as blurry as the background to a picture perfect photo. Entering my
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