well and he states a lot of sources in his argument as well. This is useful to those who want to see
why certain colleges and universities only accept a certain number of people while others have a
high acceptance rate. This article is useful to me because it serves as evidence in proving that
college is not an equal opportunity for everyone.
Kurlaender, Michal. "About." Harvard Education Publishing Group. Harvard Education
Publishing Group, 15 Nov. 2010, Web. 14 Mar. 2016.
‘Michal Kurlaender analyzes how the end of affirmative action can help create problems in
achieving equal opportunity. She includes examples from those states that have voted to end
affirmative action and she describes how much of an impact that had on where certain students
decided to go to college. Her purpose for this is to show that affirmative action and things similar
to that have cause for equal opportunity to contradict itself. She wants action to take place and
for education, specifically higher education to be the platform on where equality is shown. She
‘wants authors and lawmakers to continue to expose the things that are thought to be good, but
end up having an adverse effect on people. Michal Kurlaender is an associate professor of
education at the University of California and she is coeditor of Equal Opportunity in Higher
Education: The Past and Future of California’s Proposition 209. She uses pathos as she discusses
how change she be brought about. She uses words like “crucial”, “consequence” and
“disparities” to create a sense of urgency for the problem that is bring faced. This article is
helpful for those that are interested in affirmative action, and what happens in states that end
affirmative action. This article is somewhat helpful for my topic, but it did not go into full detail
on exactly the information I need for my paper. It was more of an overview of the topic.
Muso, Pete. "Colleges Look to Change Admission Process." VOA. VOA Learning Language, 20
Feb. 2016.
Web. 14 Mar. 2016,
Pete Muso wrote this article to bring attention to fact that the admission process for college is
bring forth unequal opportunities for those who want to apply for college. The admission process
at some schools rely too heavily on grades and test scores and not enough of the individual
themselves. Pete Muso is a reporter for VOA Learning English. He uses a lot of references in his
paper to those people who feel that the admission process really should be changed. He uses
‘pathos to show how the admission process dehumanizes the students and how it needs to look at
the greater good of the student and what attributions they can bring to that college or university.
He also bolds words like “diversity” and “selective” to emphasize what the admission process
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