On the off-chance any of you are still checking it to this blog now that you've moved on to college, I thought I'd post a short update on this issue.
The L.A. Times on Sunday 9/7/08 posted a pair of opinion pieces on the new UCLA admission process which the university contends is legal, but critics decry. The process has successfully doubled African-American admission.
Read all about it here:
Pro --> http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-hunt7-2008sep07,0,4419624.story?track=rss
Con --> http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-mac_donald-2008sep07,0,1237273.story
~ MJG
Showing posts with label Civil Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civil Rights. Show all posts
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Civil Liberties / Rights WRAPPED!
That's a WRAP for the Civil Liberties/Rights Unit. You better be sure you've read Wilson chapters 18 & 19 by next class. Have detailed notes and be ready for the Mini-Exam!
Recalling our Affirmative Action debate in class, I thought you should see the statistical chart to the left. Keep in mind that after U.C. Regents v. Bakke (1978), Affirmative Action of a sort was the norm at UCLA. In 1998 the first UCLA class affected by CA Prop. 209 (banning race from university admission criteria) was admitted.
And in the event you thought I was exaggerating how lucky you are to be at your private Los Angeles school, check out these statistics in the chart at the right about South L.A. public schools. You can read the full story about students in L.A. public schools here.
UCLA statistics (chart) courtesy of Jeremy VanderKnyff, NPR.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5563891
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