Affirmative action report:
- assess the student body’s opinion on affirmative action in such a way it inspires change/guidance to admission and administration’s policies
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O9EtiFEDIOLl_pFxSGx_LiA4J-69QOjf9Ugj36yQsP0/edit
PRDC - Affirmative Action Project Have meetings monthly to stay interested Talk with Amy Binder — Research on Campus Politics
- Lay of the land; talk about concrete research strategies
- What is my research questions: What is the opinion of jhu undergrads on the affirmative action case?
Abigail Admase
- Wrote paper on college admissions
- Interviewed admission officers, high school counselors, what are my chances of getting in (reddit site)
Send follow-up email regarding prdc to calder Think what do we want to include to think backwards
- Data - likely survey methodology
- People who we could ask about this: Julia burdeckwill, Steve Morgan, linchin hao, dr. Chen (all on the sociology page)
- If we had the time, focus groups
- Data can be cut by demographics; race, major, year at Hopkins, sx
Policy background about why it matters Question on where it goes?
First we should have a meeting:
- Who is interested in what thing?
- SGA thing vs affirmative action – who wants to do what?
- Senior policy advisor position
- Who manages each project?
- Determine our goal:
- Structure our strategy based on it
- Send Dr. Calder an email about that: