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UC Berkeley sophomore Stephanie Gutierrez has been an advocate for marginalized communities since high school, and if elected ASUC president, she hopes to use her own experience in activism to inspire action in the campus community.
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Making the submission of standardized testing scores optional will benefit the UC and the state of California. It is a step in leveling the playing field and reflecting the state’s diversity. When other colleges and universities made the submissions of test results optional, they saw an increase in applicants and enrollment of Black and Latinx students.
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Chancellor Carol Christ released a statement on Monday titled “Plans to Advance Faculty Diversity,” to share information about future plans and present efforts to increase the diversity of UC Berkeley’s faculty.
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On Jan. 30, the ASUC Senate passed a resolution standing in firm opposition to the historic Proposition 209, a California ballot initiative that removed race as a factor in college admissions. In 1996, California voters approved Prop. 209, slashing enrollment of Black students across California colleges. From 1997 to 1998,
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The ASUC Senate passed eight resolutions at its regular Wednesday night meeting, two of which addressed the low Black student enrollment at UC Berkeley while another called for accommodations for students observing Ramadan during final exams.
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Chancellor Carol Christ announced Thursday the launch of UC Berkeley’s new Undergraduate Student Diversity Project, which aims to expand and advance diversity on campus.
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At the meeting, Chief Legal Officer Claire Goudy walked the senate through some changes to a resolution editing the ASUC election campaign bylaws.
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This lawsuit comes amid a federal lawsuit against Harvard University, which is similarly accused of discriminating against Asian American students in its admissions practices.
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Students have been saying it for years. And now, a comprehensive study is backing them up — UC Berkeley is not a welcoming place for students of color. The report, released by the University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center, ranked UC Berkeley the lowest of all UC campuses
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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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