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Tag Archives: University of California
UC’s New Policy on Freshman Admission — Moving in the Wrong Direction (New America Media)
News Analysis by Henry Der, Ling Chi Wang, Vincent Pan
April 27, 2010
Background: Intent to Increase Student Diversity on UC Campuses
A diverse University of California (UC) student body, representative of the state’s high school graduates, has long been a goal embraced by many political, educational and community leaders. In spite of the challenges created by the [...]
New UC Admissions Policy Would Hurt African Americans, Asians (New America Media)
The new freshman admission policy will take UC admissions in the wrong direction, and it will seriously affect minority applicants. Analysis by Henry Der Continue reading
Is UC opening the door to trouble? (Los Angeles Times)
For 13 years, University of California officials have wrestled with a seemingly insoluble problem: how to sustain a student body that reflects the state’s vast diversity without violating Proposition 209, the 1996 ballot measure banning race-based affirmative action. Continue reading
Asian American Lawmakers in California Charge UC Admission Change Harmful to Asians (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
As it prepares to turn answer to a California legislative panel, the University of California is defending changes in its new admissions policy that the school says will broaden the eligibility pool for applicants. Critics say it will increase the number of White students at the expense of Asian Pacific Islander students. Continue reading
Asian-Americans Give U. of California an Unexpected Fight Over Admissions Policy (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The park at Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square is an unlikely epicenter for a rebellion against the leadership of the University of California…
…Chinese for Affirmative Action, a California-based civil-rights group, has played a central role in leading the opposition. In a recent interview at its office overlooking Portsmouth Square, Vincent Pan, the organization’s executive director, said he suspects the university knows its new policy will have the effect of replacing Asian-American students with white ones, is fine with that development, and is hoping that its disavowal of its own projections will cause the opposition to go away. Continue reading
New eligibility requirements could mean fewer Asians at UC (California Aggie)
The new UC eligibility requirements have sparked an uproar with some Asian American community leaders, who say the change will cause a decline in the university’s Asian American population.
Chinese for Affirmative Action is among several national advocacy organizations that have expressed concern over the eligibility changes. The organization has suggested that the new eligibility requirements could cause “unintentional whitening” of UC. Continue reading
VIDEO: Asian American Leaders Call on UC Regents to Delay Action on Freshman Eligibility Proposal (KTSF26)
The broadcast is in Mandarin.
Unintentional Whitening of U. of California? (Inside Higher Ed)
For several years now, the University of California has been debating plans to drop the SAT Subject Tests (formerly called the SAT II or achievement tests) and to find ways to consider more minority applicants. The debate has focused on the relative merits (or lack thereof) of the SAT and how to promote diversity while [...]
UC committee votes to change admissions rules (Examiner)
A committee of University of California regents on Wednesday approved a plan that would dramatically change the way the UC system decides which students are offered undergraduate admission. Vincent Pan, executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action, is quoted in the article. Continue reading
Asian American Leaders Call on UC Regents to Delay Action on Freshman Eligibility Proposal (various sources)
CBS 5 — Asian-American leaders gathered today at Chinese for Affirmative Action headquarters in San Francisco to call on the University of California Board of Regents to delay action on a new proposal to alter freshman admission eligibility.
The leaders, including UC Berkeley professor emeritus L. Ling-Chi Wang, CAA executive director Vincent Pan and San Francisco [...]
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