Dear class, thanks for an interesting class discussion. Remember, the points we discussed pertain a specific position known as Hard Determinism. What's at stake here is free will. Hard Determinism declares that what people do is caused by previous entrenched dispositions (i.e., cultural, social, psychological, etc).
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Academic preparation and racial disparities in K-12 education clearly play a role in who graduates from college. Also the report argues "lack of resources at open-access colleges is one of the main causes of high dropout rates…among less advantaged students, including less advantaged Latino students" (according to the link above).click here for more information,
Of the total population of students who passed Algebra I in Grade 8 (2015-1016), 64% were white, 17% were Latino, 9% were black (according to the link above).declining numbers of blacks in math and science,
Black people are 12% US population and 11% of all students beyond high school. In 2009, they received just 7% percent of all STEM bachelor's degrees, 4% percent of master's degrees, and 2% percent of PhDs, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. From community college through PhD level, the percentage of STEM degrees received by blacks in 2009 was 7.5 percent, down from 8.1 percent in 200 (according to the link above).
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