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Chancellors continually find themselves caught between the rock of student opinion and the hard requirements of their job description.
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As the campus community celebrates UC Berkeley’s 150th birthday, it’s important to grapple and engage with that harmful history.
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She was first admitted to UC Berkeley on a scholarship from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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According to documents obtained last week by the New York Times, President Trump is poised to redirect Department of Justice resources into investigating universities for discriminatory enrollment practices guided by affirmative action.
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The fall 2016-17 UC Berkeley freshman class includes 1,000 more in-state admits compared to last year out of a total number of 14,425 admitted students, according to new data released by the UC system Wednesday.
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The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a significant victory to supporters of affirmative action June 23 when it upheld the consideration of race in the admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin. But the decision won’t impact the university’s admissions policy because California state law supersedes the verdict.
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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the consideration of race as a factor in college admissions — a decision that has been met with both optimism and frustration by those affiliated with the UC system, as its admissions policies will not be affected by the verdict.
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The long-standing U.S. Supreme Court battle over affirmative action has reignited with the court’s June decision to reconsider a controversial case, prompting several universities nationwide — including the University of California — to take a stance.
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In an effort to create a more positive experience for underrepresented-minority students, the UC Berkeley School of Law has implemented a new “critical mass” policy, which has resulted in some racial divisions in the first-year classes.
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The Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to the UC system Tuesday when it upheld a Michigan constitutional amendment that bans affirmative action in college admissions. The 10 UC campuses, which are constrained by a similar ban, now face even more difficulty improving levels of minority enrollment and creating diverse
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