Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t...
by ghaff on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @05:39PM
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Every competitive school has a diversity goal (though perhaps not outright quota) at some level for many dimensions of diversity. Many/most schools have academic floors but are then looking to blend in other factors other than pure academic achievement.
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Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t...
by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @06:17PM
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The UC chancellors would certainly like to blend diversity goals into their admissions process, but they're prohibited from doing so by state law, and most commentators I've seen believe the prohibition is reasonably effective.
Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t...
by renewiltord on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @06:29PM
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The UCs are prohibited from doing this by Prop 209. Prop 16 this year is an attempt to undo that https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_16,_Repeal_Pr...
Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t...
by kepler1 on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:47PM
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And yet, they still try to introduce racial diversity by using policies in disguise.
The entire sub-part of UC admissions having to do with top 9% of students (by school) being guaranteed admission is an effort to achieve racial diversity without calling it that and violating the law.
See page 9 and 21 of the UC's admissions materials. https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/file...
Re:UC Berkeley inappropriately admitted students as favors t...
by andrewem on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @11:49PM
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It's funny you mention that policy, because note it can only have a substantial effect on admissions by race if a lot of high schools are racially segregated, as is the case.
See any of a number of sources, such as this one which a quick search turned up: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/learning/lesson-plans/sti...