Word: california
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Since the Board of Regents for the University of California (U.C.) phased out affirmative action in 1997 after the passing of Proposition 209, minority admissions have dropped by 50 percent (from 24.7 percent in 1997 to 12.2 percent in 1998). This drop shows the devastating affect that anti-affirmative action policies have on student body diversity, as well as the unfairness of the admissions policies that have replaced affirmative action...
...Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) passed a bill urging recently elected Democratic Governor Gray Davis to appoint pro-affirmative action regents to the Board of Regents. While this action alone would not reverse the ban on affirmative action, Amanda R. Canning, academic vice-president of the ASUC said, "I think that it is time that the regents experience some diversity themselves, not just ethnic diversity, but diversity of thought...
...such move is a proposal by Regent Bill Bagley to overturn the anti-affirmative action decision. Another proposal would require that the top four percent of students from each high school in California be admitted to the U.C. system...
While it is not clear yet which of these solutions, if any, is the best route towards a more diverse student body--what is clear is that the Board of Regents must do more to ensure that the U.C. campuses are representative of the state of California. If Davis appoints regents who are more diverse, then the debate over how to pursue a talented and diverse student body will be more balanced and fair...
...U.C.s are meant to serve students in California who meet the academic standards for admission. The U.C.s also must provide a learning environment that fosters diversity, something that almost every university in the United States has identified as vital to the development and education of its students...