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Originally Posted by kittygilchrist
In the state of Florida, anyone with a high school diploma or GED is guaranteed admission to any community college. However, access to particular programs are merit based, and I think most colleges have room within that to use carefully construed eligibility criteria that may give credit beyond pure GPA, for leadership, experience in the field and so on.
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and the Supreme Court is moving in that direction, but yet you still hear things like some of these posts who want to continue the practice, and my point to be made is that discussing this brings out emotions tied to what we PERCIEVE as politically correct OR correct for our poliltical views.
I still maintain that until we, as a nation, can overcome this strong tie to politics in many issues like this without facing them as what they are.....and what they are not is political pawns.
"The Supreme Court on Monday allowed affirmative action to survive in college admissions but imposed a tough legal standard, ruling that schools must prove there are “no workable race-neutral alternatives” to achieve diversity on campus.
While the ruling was not a sweeping pronouncement on the future of affirmative action, it amounts to a warning to colleges nationwide that the courts will treat race-conscious admissions policies with a high degree of skepticism."
Supreme Court raises bar for affirmative action in college admissions - U.S. News
And I still maintain that we have an entire generation raised with either guilt or a sense of entitlement.