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Race and Education
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Affirmative Action : An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education.
14th Amendment : It was primarily concerned with details of reintegrating the southern states after the Civil War and defining some of the rights of recently freed slaves.
Equal Protection Clause : It provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws".
Prep school : A private school that prepares students for college.
Segregation : The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart.
Quota : A limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular.
Top ten percent rule : It is a provision that allowed for all Texas high school students who finished in the top 10 percent of their graduating class to be guaranteed admission at any public university in the state. The intent of the rule was to promote ethnic diversity at Texas colleges and universities.
Gatekeeping : The activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something.
Diversity : The state of being diverse; variety
Minority : The smaller number or part, especially a number that is less than half the whole number
Educational inequality : The disproportionate distribution of resources and opportunities in the educational system
Social inequality : The existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society
Race and Education
Across:2. | A private school that prepares students for college. | 6. | The activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something. | 7. | It is a provision that allowed for all Texas high school students who finished in the top 10 percent of their graduating class to be guaranteed admission at any public university in the state. The intent of the rule was to promote ethnic diversity at Texas colleges and universities. | 8. | A limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular. | 9. | The disproportionate distribution of resources and opportunities in the educational system | 10. | The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart. | 11. | It was primarily concerned with details of reintegrating the southern states after the Civil War and defining some of the rights of recently freed slaves. | 12. | An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education. |
| | Down:1. | The smaller number or part, especially a number that is less than half the whole number | 3. | It provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws". | 4. | The existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society | 5. | The state of being diverse; variety |
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Race and Education
Across:2. | A private school that prepares students for college. | 6. | The activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something. | 7. | It is a provision that allowed for all Texas high school students who finished in the top 10 percent of their graduating class to be guaranteed admission at any public university in the state. The intent of the rule was to promote ethnic diversity at Texas colleges and universities. | 8. | A limited or fixed number or amount of people or things, in particular. | 9. | The disproportionate distribution of resources and opportunities in the educational system | 10. | The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart. | 11. | It was primarily concerned with details of reintegrating the southern states after the Civil War and defining some of the rights of recently freed slaves. | 12. | An action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education. |
| | Down:1. | The smaller number or part, especially a number that is less than half the whole number | 3. | It provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws". | 4. | The existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society | 5. | The state of being diverse; variety |
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