Given restrictions on anything resembling affirmative action stemming from the state's Prop 209 and pressure from the feds, other admissions devices that provide diversity are being explored. One is through transfers from community colleges. The various community colleges have a diverse enrollment that can vary by location.
From the Bruin: A program that will give some transfer students priority consideration for admission to UCLA is set to be implemented this fall. UCLA created the Associate Degree for Transfer Pilot Program in compliance with Assembly Bill 1291, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in October 2023. The pilot program will be available to students who achieve an associate degree in certain majors at one of 10 California Community Colleges, including Cypress College and Oxnard College.
...The pilot program could increase diversity and the population of first-generation students at UCLA... Students must receive an associate degree in one of eight selected majors – anthropology, chemistry, environmental science, geology, mathematics, history, political science and philosophy – to participate in the program... UCLA selected the 10 campuses to partner with – all located within Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Ventura and Kern counties – based on location and student enrollment...
Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2026/06/07/ucla-pilot-program-to-expand-opportunities-for-community-college-transfers.
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