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Colleges and universities often struggle to address potential issues of inequality in their admissions processes. Many also have a need to honor alumni who have supported them. The struggle results in admissions preferences described in Reading 32. The reading highlights legacy admissions, which are reserved for applicants who have a family member who either has graduated from the institution or has donated a significant amount of money to it. The reading considers this preference in contrast to affirmative action preferences. While legacy admissions may benefit applicants who often are white, affirmative action gives preference to minorities. Reading 41 points out legal cases in Michigan that ruled on cases related to affirmative action.
The issue of affirmative action spurs psychological research on psychological constructs such as attitudes and perceptions. Since you are studying racial and ethnic inequality in the context of psychology, it is valuable for you to consider psychological research on affirmative action.
To prepare for this Discussion:
• Review Readings 32 and 41 in the course text. Pay particular attention to affirmative action.
• Use the key terms affirmative and action to locate articles available in the PsycARTICLES database, select an article that reports on a research study having to do with affirmative action in higher education, one that focuses on at least one psychological construct.
• Think about the psychological construct(s) that the study addresses and its relationship to affirmative action.
• Consider the impact that the results of the study may have on inequality in higher education.
The Assignment: 1-page, APA style format, No Plagiarism and must be cited with references. Thank you
1) Write a brief summary of the article that you selected.
2) Explain the psychological construct addressed by the study and its relationship to affirmative action.
3) Briefly describe the results of the study.
4) Finally, analyze the impact the results of the study may have on affirmative action in higher education.
Resources:
Readings:
Course Text: The Meaning of Difference, Karen Rosenblum, 6th edition 2012
For review: Section III, “Framework Essay”
Section II, Reading 31, “Cause of Death: Inequality”
Section II, Reading 32, “Why are Droves of Unqualified, Unprepared Kids Getting into Our Top Colleges? Because Their Dads are Alumni”
Section III, Reading 41, “Thirteen Key Supreme Court Cases and the Civil War Amendments”
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