Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Your tasks:

1. Read the last two articles in your packet-The Price of Being Black and Bright in 2014 and Affirmative Action Fading From the College Scene. 
2. Then write a short (1-2 pages, single spaced) essay in which you respond to the question-Should race be a factor used in college admissions?  In other words, how should the Supreme Court rule in the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action? The first sentence of your essay should a specific assertion that answers one of these questions. (Colleges should/should not use race in their admissions decisions because ____________; or The Supreme Court should decide that the State of Michigan's ban on using race in college admissions is/is not Constitutional because________________.)
3. Be sure to use specific evidence from what we've discussed in class including the Bakke case, the admissions policies of Harvard and Michigan, the Grutter and Gratz cases, Whites Swim in Racial Preference, If I Were a Poor Black Kid and the responses to it, and the two articles cited in #1 above.  You must use at least three of these sources in your essay.  Essay should be carefully proofread and free of all errors.  You should not use 1st person.
4. You have today and tomorrow to work on this in class.  It is due to be submitted to turnitin.com by 11:59 PM on Tuesday, April 22.