Major Actors
Political transparency and implementing election standards will affect all the whole of UCF. First and foremost, it stunts the ability of UCF to develop simultaneously as the city does around it. This past year, Orlando saw a huge increase to the Puerto Rican population due to the horrifying hurricane season experienced by the Caribbean. This demographic shift has already been occurring slowly but massive waves such as this work to expedite the political and social shifts within the workplace as well as within higher education. The newly arrived citizens will now need supplemental resources to allow the to compete academically as well as locate jobs in the workforce. If the student body is unable to change and meet the new needs of its constituents then UCF may not seem as appealing to future students of color. The issue with the current UCF …show more content…
Policy Problem
Karen Caudillo is a prime example of the improved experience of the Latino community because she is not only a Mexican-America DACA student, she is also from a lower socioeconomic class. By examining the quality of life of Karen’s experience, we can show some overall improvements to the quality of life experienced by the Latino community as well as highlight the need for additional legislation within UCF to help even the playing field for students who would like to be a part of SGA or similar organizations on campus. She was the first DACA student to receive a scholarship here at UCF. She found an organization that provides scholarships to DACA students. This program did not include UCF at the time, so she wrote to them and spoke about how the all the schools they currently worked with costed the same as UCF and requested that it be added to the list. By the time she graduated with her Associates degree, she became the first DACA student at UCF to receive a scholarship of that size. Receiving the scholarship allowed her to run for student body president as a first generation DACA