Proponents, on the other hand, note that Asian American enrollment rates dramatically increased at a majority of UC campuses.

Proponents believe integration will help to develop shared values, pride in being the country ’ s citizen, respect and acceptance towards cultural differences among citizens of China.

Proponents of this view argue that understanding the motivations and values of other cultures, rather than labeling them " evil ", is a better first step in eliminating violence.

Proponents were upset by rising property taxes, largely caused by increasing real-estate values in the Portland area.

Proponents say neoevolutionism is objective and simply descriptive, eliminating any references to a moral or cultural system of values.

Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, Proponents of anarchism, known as " anarchists ", advocate stateless societies based on non-hierarchical voluntary associations.

Proponents include Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne, an Irish philosopher who advanced a theory he called immaterialism, later referred to as " subjective idealism ", contending that individuals can only know sensations and ideas of objects directly, not abstractions such as " matter ", and that ideas also depend upon being perceived for their very existence-esse est percipi ; " to be is to be perceived ".

Proponents describe a key element in the concept of " militia " was that to be " genuine " it not be a " select militia ", composed of an unrepresentative subset of the population.

Proponents of parapsychology have seen it as an " embryo science ", a " frontier science of the mind ", and a " frontier discipline for advancing knowledge ".

Proponents of the singularity typically state that an " intelligence explosion ", where superintelligences design successive generations of increasingly powerful minds, might occur very quickly and might not stop until the agent's cognitive abilities greatly surpass that of any human.

Proponents of these amendments, both of which passed with greater than 60 % voter approval, are accusing Scott's administration of attempting to " thwart the will of the voters ", by " abusing their power ", and the VRA's preclearance clause, as a means to defeat these amendments despite overwhelming voter support.

Proponents of this doctrine distinguish between an action and the consequences of an action, and suggest that after God has regenerated someone, the person's will has been changed, that " old things pass away " and " all things are become new ", as it is written in the Bible, and he or she will therefore persevere in the faith.

Proponents claim that the CAP is an exceptional economic sector as protects the " rural way of life ", although it is recognised that this has an impact on world poverty.

Proponents of the eliminative materialism, understand intentional idiom, such as " belief ", " desire ", and the like, to be replaceable either with behavioristic language ( e. g. Quine ) or with the language of neuroscience ( e. g. Churchland ).

Proponents of discourse ethics argue that the very act of discourse implies certain " oughts ", that is, certain presuppositions that are necessarily accepted by the participants in discourse, and can be used to further derive prescriptive statements.

Proponents of linguistic macrofamilies have suggested that Hurro-Urartian is part of an " Alarodian " phylum, together with Northeast Caucasian and further as " Macro-Caucasian ", but these theories are without support in mainstream linguistics.

Proponents of Arminianism argue that the word " draw " ( Greek:, helkô ) as used in John 6: 44 does not require the sense of " drag ", though they admit this is the word's usual meaning ( as in Jn.

Proponents of the Lavender Mafia theory such as D. B. Cozzens describe " a heterosexual exodus from the priesthood ", and claim this is partially because of unrestrained gay subcultures in some seminaries, which puts potential heterosexual seminarians off from joining the priesthood.

" Proponents claim that in the remaining two pre-Flood chapters, Adam's descendants are called the " sons of God ", not " men ", while the word " men " refers solely to the descendants of Cain.

Proponents of the argument against " Arab Jews ", including most Jews from Arab lands, do not seek to deny the strong Arabic cultural influence on Jews in those countries.

Proponents of this theory ( for example Đura Daničić, Pavel Jozef Šafárik ) claimed that Serbs either came to the Balkans long before the 7th century or Serb 7th century migration to the Balkans was only partial and Serbs who, according to " De administrando imperio ", came from the north founded in the Balkans other Serbs that already lived there.

Proponents of repeal argue that the clause is a bigoted anachronism ; Cardinal Winning, who was leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, called the act an " insult " to Catholics.

Proponents argue that the deep and lasting truths of the dharma become implicitly present to those who practice mindfulness, truths that lead practitioners to experience changes that astonish and humble all involved.

Proponents of continuity cite a variety of contributory factors: it is argued that it was Lenin, rather than Stalin, whose civil war measures introduced the Red Terror with its hostage taking and internment camps, that it was Lenin who developed the infamous Article 58, and who established the autocratic system within the Communist Party.

Proponents of this theory also claim that Alfred the Great was a descendant of Shem because he claimed to descend from Sceafa, a marooned man who came to Britain on a boat after a flood.

Proponents of the SCM note that the bizarre dissociative symptoms are rarely present before intensive therapy by specialists in the treatment of DID who, through the process of eliciting, conversing and identifying alters, shape, or possibly create the diagnosis.

Proponents for helping the farmers includes the economist Jeffrey Sachs, who has championed the idea that wealthy countries should invest in fertilizer and seed for Africa ’ s farmers.

Proponents of nuclear bunker busters respond that deeper bunkers entail higher costs, limiting the potential enemies who can withstand nuclear bunker busters.

Proponents of Bilderberg conspiracy theories in the United States include individuals and groups such as the John Birch Society, political activist Phyllis Schlafly, writer Jim Tucker, political activist Lyndon LaRouche, radio host Alex Jones, and politician Jesse Ventura, who made the Bilderberg group a topic of a 2009 episode of his TruTV series Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura.

Proponents say incorporation will benefit all residents, but the opposition says it will only benefit the persons who hold that property which is yet to be fully developed within the real estate market over the next few years.

Proponents counter that the overall cost will be lower, because of a more distributed risk amongst homeowners, who would essentially bear about 80 % of the additional taxes to support this city.

Proponents point to the fact that the Mongol court was frequented by Russian princes, notably Yaroslavl's Feodor the Black, who boasted his own ulus near Sarai, and Novgorod's Alexander Nevsky, the sworn brother ( or anda ) of Batu's successor Sartaq Khan.

Proponents of this new phase in archaeology claimed that with the rigorous use of the scientific method it was possible to get past the limits of the archaeological record and learn something about how the people who used the artifacts lived.

Proponents of such methods point to the simplicity of their models as a means to expressive clarity ; critics counter that the problem of semantics has just been delayed ( who defines the semantics of the simpler model?

Proponents make the related point that reducing or eliminating dividend taxes helps the wealthiest individuals who can afford to buy large quantities of stock, as they could feasibly live off the dividend payments without any income tax on their earnings.

Proponents of Dependency Theory, such as Venezuelan historian Federico Brito Figueroa, who has investigated the socio-economic bases of neo-colonial dependency, have influenced the thinking of the current President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez.

Proponents included the British botanist George Henslow who studied the effects of environmental stress on the growth of plants in the belief that such environmentally induced variation might explain much of plant evolution, and the American entomologist Alpheus Packard who studied blind animals living in caves and wrote a book in 1901 about Lamarck and his work.

Proponents of this theory argue that Ney had Masonic ties, including to the Duke of Wellington, who helped him fake his execution and flee abroad.

Proponents of ancient astronaut theories often maintain that humans are either descendants or creations of extraterrestrial beings who landed on Earth thousands of years ago.

Proponents of more open ballot access argue that restricting access to the ballot has the effect of unjustly restricting the choices available to the voters and typically disadvantages third party candidates and other candidates who are not affiliated with the established parties.

Proponents of downshifting point to consumerism as a primary source of stress and dissatisfaction because it creates a society of individualistic consumers who measure both social status and general happiness by an unattainable quantity of material possessions.

Proponents of the day-age theory can be found among both theistic evolutionists, who accept the scientific consensus on evolution, and progressive creationists, who reject it.