CSLSJF 9/15

Friday, September 15, 2023
Social Justice Fridays: The End of Race-Based Affirmative Action in College Admissions

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Poll

Colleges should consider a student’s grades in the admissions process.

• strongly agree

• agree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

Poll

Colleges should consider a student’s test scores in the admissions process.

• strongly agree

• agree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

Poll

Colleges should consider a student’s potential to be a college athlete in the admissions process.

• strongly agree

• agree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

Poll

Colleges should consider a student’s gender in the admissions process.

• strongly agree

• agree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

Poll

Colleges should consider a student’s ability to pay tuition in the admissions process.

• strongly agree

• agree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

Poll

Colleges should consider a student’s legacy status (whether parents or relatives are alumni of the university) in the admissions process.

• strongly agree

• agree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

Poll

Colleges should consider a student’s experience in overcoming obstacles or adversity in the admissions process.

• strongly agree

• agree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

Poll

Colleges should consider a student’s race in the admissions process.

• strongly agree

• agree

• disagree

• strongly disagree

Social Justice Fridays: The End of Race-Based

Affirmative Action in College Admissions

SWBAT gain a deeper understanding of the Supreme Court's decision
regarding race-conscious admissions in colleges and universities and its
potential implications.

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Exit Ticket: Students Demonstrate their
learning at the end of the lesson by
answering the following prompt:

How much does diversity matter in higher
education? To what extent do colleges and
universities have a responsibility to be
equitable, inclusive and fair?

The History of Affirmative Action

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Open Ended

What do you think: Should race be used as one factor, but not the only factor, in the admissions process to help make sure that college campuses are diverse? Why, or why not?

For this activity you will...

Step One: Open
● Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action
● Guided Reading: Supreme Court Rejects

Step Two: in groups or individually
● Read the article

Step Three:
● Answer the discussion questions
● Prepare to share out

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority. What were his primary arguments why affirmative action, even after so many years of being allowed by the courts, should now be ruled unlawful?

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the dissent. What were her primary arguments for why affirmative action was still important and for why she disagreed with the majority decision?

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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The two cases decided in June were not identical. What were the two cases about? How were they different?

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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Exit Ticket: Do you agree with the Supreme Court’s recent decision? Should colleges be allowed to use race as a factor in deciding which students to admit, whether to address racial discrimination or to build a more diverse student body? Why, or why not?

Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action

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Who brought the lawsuits? For what purpose?