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Racial Justice In Access To College In Kansas, Bradley Richards
Racial Justice In Access To College In Kansas, Bradley Richards
Kansas State University Undergraduate Research Conference
This research project explores racial justice in the context of access to public universities in Kansas. This research aims to establish if 4-year universities in Kansas achieve two specific criteria, demographic parity and equal opportunity, with respect to enrollment of African Americans. Demographic parity is achieved when the portion of students enrolled in a college who are African American is relatively equivalent to the portion of Kansans who are of ages 18 to 25. Equal Opportunity is satisfied when the portion of students who are in college who are African American is relatively equivalent to the portion of African Americans …