facing African Americans reaching the status of judge will be examined. Furthermore, we will examine the process it takes to become a judge, the education as well as social disparities faced amongst African Americans. I. The lack of African American Judges can be attributed to the process in which it takes to become one. A) The rate in which African Americans graduate with a Bachelor’s degree is behind whites. According to the most recent statistics, the nationwide college graduation rate for black
1. ATTENTION GETTER: What comes to mind when you guys think of an HBCU? 2. REASON TO LISTEN: To get a better understanding of why HBCU’s face struggles 3. THESIS STATEMENT: In this speech I will go over what an HBCU is, when HBCU’s started struggling, and why HBCU’s are struggling. 4. CREDIBILITY STATEMENT: I have been intrigued with the issues that HBCU’s face for some time now. A. I have done research online regarding to the struggles HBCU’s face. 5. PREVIEW OF MAIN POINTS: I’m going to go over
reparations to African Americans has been the current controversy. Reparations for slavery is an idea that the government will pay back the descendants of enslaved people, in the United States, for their ancestors forced unpaid labor over the centuries. There is no doubt that African American slaves have suffered abundantly, however, they were not the only race that were enslaved. Slavery reparations is a bad idea because there is no proof that slavery is responsible for all African American problems;
The public school to prison pipeline was examined in the literature review through zero-tolerance policies and the effects it has played on graduation rates. Zero-tolerance policies have dramatically increased students being recommended to the court system according to the literature review. The literature review has shown a need for school districts to examine zero-tolerance policies and the negative effects that it has caused on students. Fran Silverman (2005) discusses students being punished
School Equity Audit This is analysis I plan to holistically examine the climate of Warren County High School. In doing this, I hope to uncover, understand, and discuss the programs, students, teachers and learning environment of this high school. School Context Warren County High School is a 9-12th grade traditional public high school located in Warrenton, North Carolina. Warrenton is a small community and the county seat for Warren County. This community is located in north east Carolina close
enable them to achieve stability. BDT’s goal is that by 2025, accessing benefits will be simple, comprehensive and cost-effective. Philadelphia has the highest poverty rate of the nation’s ten largest cities. Significant racial and ethnic health disparities related to the social determinants of health persist, such as increased rates of unemployment,
Murphy, T. E., GaughanE, M., Hume, R., & Moore, G. S. (2010). College graduation rates for minority students in a selective technical university: will participation in a summer bridge program contribute to success? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 32(1), 70-83. 2. Define the problem/research question • Does participation in a summer bridge program assist underrepresented minority (URM) students’ persistence to graduation compared to those who do not participate? 3. Did the researcher(s)
Strategic Planning How often you have participated in institutional strategic planning? I have been involved with two different strategic plans. The plans have been implemented in 5 year increments. I am a part of the President’s Cabinet and this is my 1st opportunity to participate in the development of the plan. I was in charge of creating a diversity plan that is a subset of the strategic plan. We also have other plans that make up the strategic plan. Do you know who develops the plans
with a diverse environment, curriculum, and organizations. The environment of the University’s undergraduate minority population is 34% of the total population of the campus. The 34% consist of the minority population consist of 12% of Black/ African Americans, 15% of Asians, and 8% of Latinos (Diversity Strategic Plan of University of Maryland, page 5). In order to deal with the ever growing
proper education is often due to their racial backgrounds. For example, the use of private and charter schools often provide the highest and the best education that is possible, but within these schools are a lot of whites and Asians while the African Americans and Mexicans struggle to have the same education in public schools. The fact that during the Little Rock nine, white students displayed their feelings of being more accepting towards different races and cultures as for modern day society we must