From the Daily Bruin:
University of California student leaders are proposing a new
admissions criterion that would give preference to applicants from
low-income schools that have special partnerships with UC campuses. Under the criterion, UC campuses would look at whether an
applicant comes from a Title I high school – a school that serves a
significant number of low-income students – or a community college with
low transfer rates that has a partnership with a UC campus. The
partnerships would involve academic preparation and outreach programs
that the UC would create for these schools. Students proposing the new factor, including UC student regent Cinthia Flores and Undergraduate Students Association Council External Vice President Maryssa Hall,
say it would reinforce what they believe is the UC’s responsibility to
ensure that students from disadvantaged backgrounds make it to college. They also say it will help the UC’s focus on recruiting
in-state students instead of admitting out-of-state and international
students to increase revenue, a strategy the UC has utilized in the past
few years since nonresidents are required to pay more in tuition...
George Johnson, chair of the Board of Admissions and Relations
with Schools – a committee of UC faculty that recommends admissions
criteria to the UC Academic Senate – said some of the existing
admissions factors may already serve the purpose that the proposed
factor aims to address... Since a majority of state schools already receive Title I funding,
a school’s Title I status might also not be a very distinguishing
factor in finding schools to partner with, Johnson said. In the 2010-11 year, about 60 percent of public schools in California received Title I funding...
Full story at http://dailybruin.com/2013/10/22/uc-student-leaders-propose-new-admissions-criterion/
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