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Affirmative Action in Higher Education and the Talented Twenty Program in Florida
- Date Issued:
- 2012
- Abstract/Description:
- Affirmative action in higher education is a necessary component for ethnic minorities to be afforded postsecondary educational access and opportunities to improve their socioeconomic status. The ban of affirmative action in undergraduate admissions, wherever instituted, has decreased the undergraduate enrollment of ethnic minorities. The broad objective of this research is to demonstrate how the elimination of affirmative action has lessened postsecondary educational access for minorities, who presently account for the majority or near-majority population in several states and will soon account for a much larger segment of the national population. This study will use two series of multiple regression models with scale-level variables to note the effect of the removal of affirmative action and the effectiveness of the Talented Twenty Program in maintaining student diversity at the University of Florida and the Florida State University. The major finding of this research is that the minority enrollment at UF and FSU was significantly related to the change in policy from affirmative action to the Talented Twenty Program. This study and the prior literature strongly suggest that the current diversity levels at these public universities are most likely a result of the university recruitment and outreach programs and population change.
Title: | Affirmative Action in Higher Education and the Talented Twenty Program in Florida. |
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Name(s): |
Ubiles, Miguel, Author Vieux, Andrea, Committee Chair Cintron Delgado, Rosa, Committee Member Knuckey, Jonathan, Committee Member , Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 2012 | |
Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | Affirmative action in higher education is a necessary component for ethnic minorities to be afforded postsecondary educational access and opportunities to improve their socioeconomic status. The ban of affirmative action in undergraduate admissions, wherever instituted, has decreased the undergraduate enrollment of ethnic minorities. The broad objective of this research is to demonstrate how the elimination of affirmative action has lessened postsecondary educational access for minorities, who presently account for the majority or near-majority population in several states and will soon account for a much larger segment of the national population. This study will use two series of multiple regression models with scale-level variables to note the effect of the removal of affirmative action and the effectiveness of the Talented Twenty Program in maintaining student diversity at the University of Florida and the Florida State University. The major finding of this research is that the minority enrollment at UF and FSU was significantly related to the change in policy from affirmative action to the Talented Twenty Program. This study and the prior literature strongly suggest that the current diversity levels at these public universities are most likely a result of the university recruitment and outreach programs and population change. | |
Identifier: | CFE0004236 (IID), ucf:49501 (fedora) | |
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2012-05-01 M.A. Sciences, Political Science Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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Subject(s): | affirmative action -- higher education -- talented twenty program -- florida -- postsecondary educational access -- educational attainment -- underrepresented students -- minorities | |
Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004236 | |
Restrictions on Access: | public 2012-05-15 | |
Host Institution: | UCF |