Comparing the higher education policies of Texas, California and Florida

Running head : HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY

Comparative Analysis of Education Policies of Florida , Texas and California

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Education is the key to success , and is a human right . The developed countries are at their advanced state of development because of education . Since the scientific revolution , the less educated have been considered by some societies as failures in life . Several countries have legislated education as among the top priority agenda . To add to the weight , the United Nations Millennium Development Goals emphasize on the

eradication of illiteracy by the year 2015 . The three major states in America , California , Texas and Florida have educational policies geared to benefit all their populations . The differences in their respective policies and the influence of the party in power are however notable For instance , under the governorship of Jeb Bush in Florida privatization of schools was his chief agenda as opposed to reduce class sizes of public schools , the same policy that Senator McCain is advocating .Comparative Analysis of Education Policies of Florida , Texas and California

Education is said to be a key to a good life . Ignorance is the most expensive and the most risky venture one can think of in terms of investing in it . Through good education one is able to critically look at life in anticipation to making it better . Education is intended to develop a critical mind within individuals , and to socialize the individual to a good life

The year1996 was an awakening year in the United States over the admission procedure for freshmen into public universities . The m three major states of Florida , Texas and California amended their admission procedures to allow for equity in admission unlike earlier where the admission was racially biased . Worth noting is the Hopwood v . Texas ruling in the Fifth U .S . Circuit Court of Appeals in 1996 that it is unconstitutional to use racial discrimination in the process of admission in Texas public colleges and universities . The state of California also adopted Proposition 209 , thus amending the state constitution against racial , gender or ethnic discrimination in admissions . In 1999 , Florida joined California and Texas by rescinding affirmative action as a policy in state university admissions . At the time , three of the largest states had abolished the discriminative policy , and thus was a milestone in the American education system . New York was the only major state that did not adopt the new policy

The then Governor George Bush of Texas adopted a policy that the top ten students should be at liberty to chose which universities to attend after secondary education . This was a fair way , to some analysts as it encouraged diversity in the colleges . Advantageous also was the fact that the need for the freedom to choose the institution to attend is a challenge for the students to put in more effort . It is an incentive to extra hard work

A similar policy was adopted by Jeb Bush of Florida , with some differences . The Florida case had the top 20...