RJA #15b: Reflection on What You Learned

This English class was definitely more computer based, which is different, but I liked it because the research you ulimately have to do is done a computer, so it makes sense. I learned alot about different search engines, and things that I did not knew existed such as : social bookmarking, text clouds, and other search engines other than google. I will continue to use the website that I learned from the class for other research that I will have to do later on in my studies. I also learned that I don't really like blogging when it comes to doing a research paper, for me it was kind of inconvinent to keep track of my research via web. I would much rather have a hardcopy of my progress, it makes it easier for me to follow.

RJA #15a: Word Cloud

Wordle was not working for me so I used a similar word cloud website

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RJA #14: Annotated Bibliography, Part 2

"Bakke decision." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 21 Nov. 2009 This explained a quick overview about the Allan Bakke vs. Regents of University of California-Davis. Allan Bakke during the 1970’s applied to UC-Davis medical school and twice he was rejected admission. UC-Davis runs on two different admission practices; one is a general admission, while the other is a special admission, which reserves 16 out of 100 spots to minority students. Allan Bakke sewed UC-Davis by saying that it violated the 14th amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The court ruled that UC-Davis was allowed to set race as a requirement for admissions, but that it could not set racial quotas. The court ruled 5-4, and Allan Bakke was granted admission to UC-Davis medical school.
I used this court case because it was relevant to my research paper in which it supported one of my claims for the critics of Affirmative Action, that Affirmative Action causes Reverse Discrimination.
"BalancedPolitics.org - Affirmative Action (Pros & Cons, Arguments For and Against)." BalancedPolitics.org - Free Balanced, Non-Partisan Discussion of Political & Social Issues for Debate (Pros and Cons - Decision Making Politics). Web. 18 Nov. 2009. .
The Pro’s and Con’s of Affirmative Action are debated on this source, along with detailed information on each claim. It also gives an overview about Affirmative Action, why it began, and the benefits in keeping Affirmative Action programs, while it also addressed how Affirmative Action can negatively affect society, its beneficiaries, and majority population.
I used some of the arguments that were displayed in this source to help support my evidence on both the proponents and the critics views of Affirmative Action.
Chang, Mitchell J. The Positive Educational Effects of Racial Dive rsity on Campus (2001): 1-13. Educational Resource Information Center. Web. 15 Nov. 2009. This source surveys students on a campus and seeks to find what the effects are of racial diversity on campus. One of the claims is that by having a campus be racially diverse, it enhances a students educational experience. Another claim made is that diversity also creates a richer learning environment. It also states that multiculturalism is good way of exposing people to what the world is really like. In the workforce people are surrounded with different ideals, and points of view from all sorts of walks of life. By creating diversity on a campus it helps students to be able to enter into the workforce where they will be faced with these different ideals. This will help them develop the skills and training that they will need to coexist amongst each other.
This source was great because it showed the side in which Affirmative Action, as a positive thing, proponents suggests helps create diversity for not only the minority but for the majority population as well. I found this article interesting because it was carried about as a Civil Rights Project from Harvard University.

"Class-Based Affirmative Action." Equality & Education. Web. 22 Nov. 2009. .
Equality and Education, an article carried about by the Century Foundation Project, aimed this article on Affirmative Action mending its goals to class based aid rather than race based. It shows that more and more there are disadvantaged kids who cannot afford a high quality education because of their economic background. What this article proposes is that 53% percent of Americans would be in support for class based affirmative action than race based. This article also supports the critics claim that Affirmative Action’s beneficiaries should be those with economic problems, because as higher education is become expensive these are the people that would benefit largely from this help.
Eisaguirre, Lynne. Affirmative Action A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio Inc, 1999. Print.
This print publication shows an overview of Affirmative Action since its beginnings during the Civil Rights and Women’s movement of the 1960’s. It showcases both the proponents and critics argument that government policies can readdress gender and racial inequality. This book includes information on women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans as it highlights the most critical issues regarding Affirmative Action at the Federal and State levels today. It also includes sources on major laws and cases involving Affirmative Action, as well as a directory of organizations and agencies that deal with discrimination complaints.

Lynee Eisaguiree is an attorney, author, and entrepreneur who helps organizations solve employee relation problems through training, speaking, and consulting. She is also author of another book, Sexual Harassment Second Edition.

Elfman, Lois. Minority and Low-Income Students Suffer the Most as College Wealth Gap Widens (2009). Diverse Issues in Higher Education. 15 Jan. 2009. Web. 15 Nov. 2009. .

The States have not made a conscious decision to disinvest in term of higher education, because when the States budgets are constricted so does the budget of higher education. The impacted that this has had is on low income minority students at public universities and community college students. This article suggests that their should be more emphasis on low income minority students so that they will have the resources available to them that will ensure them success.
This source was relevant to show how the gap between economic struggles backgrounds and the costs of higher education had become an increasing problem with low income minorities. This information is also relevant to show that critics believe in aid being grated to students of low financial background or by merit I do agree that the high cost of higher education have made it harder for students who because of their economic background cannot afford a quality education as their counterparts.