The Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action has triggered angst on campuses about how to promote diversity without considering race in admissions decisions.About 45% of California admitted students are the first in their families to attend college and 47% are low-income.
But that triggered a public outcry from Californians upset that they paid taxes to support the university system while their children were often rejected from their campuses of choice. That additional funding helped UC Santa Cruz, for instance, admit the largest class of California students ever. Whittingham said the campus expects to honor its one-year housing guarantee to all new students — one reason it is offering winter admission to some of them.UCLA to expand in downtown L.A. with purchase of historic building for satellite classes