Prop. 209

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Olufemi Ogundele, associate vice chancellor of enrollment management and dean of undergraduate admissions, answered questions and discussed changes to UC Berkeley’s admissions process to increase the diversity of incoming classes during a Berkeley Conversations event.

In a time filled with protests and challenges to old systems, it is only fitting that one of California voters’ most controversial decisions, Proposition 209, which prohibited public universities from considering race in admissions, is being given a second look. 

Prop. 16 should not be passed, race should not be a factor in admissions

Be politically active if you desire change. And one of our first steps in balancing the scales of racial injustice in education should be to vote for ACA 5.

Today, ACA 5 has unanimous support from the UC regents, and voters deserve a chance to repeal a race-blind system that was tried and has failed.

ACA 5, the bill repealing California’s ban on affirmative action, passed through the California State Assembly on Wednesday, nullifying Proposition 209.

While being test-optional might help students with the best scores, rejecting tests altogether would do more to level the playing field.

For years, UC Berkeley has been working to address low faculty diversity through hiring initiatives despite difficulties posed by California’s ban on affirmative action.

A state constitutional amendment that would repeal Proposition 209, California’s ban on affirmative action, was proposed in a state Assembly meeting March 9.