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Sept. 21: Long trace for lack of diversity at UC

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  • 09-21-2010
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The University of California system does not reflect the diversity of the state, despite efforts to promote diversity among the students, faculty and staff, according to a recent report.

Reported in an article for the Daily Californian, Berkeley's publication, students from certain racial/ethnic backgrounds are still underrepresented across all nine UC campuses.

Latinos, who make up 34 percent of the state's population, only account for 14 percent of the undergraduate student body.

IDEA Director John Rogers said funding at the K-12 level plays a crucial role in the make-up of colleges and universities. The majority of the state's minority students attend chronically underfunded schools located in lower-income neighborhoods. 

"The fact that those schools are so underfunded and unequal contributes to these broader problems of inequality," Rogers said.

 

 

 

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