Provocative Idea: Why isn't there an Asian University?

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<p>For anyone interested in the UC/race/sdmissions topic, the following link provides info on the admitted UCLA class for the fall when this is the first year of their ‘holistic’ admissions. It includes some numbers that might be interesting. </p>

<p>[Nearly</a> 4,900 students plan to enroll as freshmen at UCLA for fall 2008 / UCLA Newsroom](<a href=“http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nearly-4-900-students-plan-to-50199.aspx]Nearly”>Newsroom | UCLA)

Starting with the 2007–08 freshman class, UCLA began using the “holistic” method of reviewing applications, in which applicants are assessed in terms of the full range of their academic and personal achievements, viewed in the context of the opportunities and challenges each has faced.</p>

<p>“We want to see what kinds of leadership roles, activities, and work and community experiences our potential students have,” said Janina Montero, vice chancellor for student affairs. “These are the things that tell us how they will perform at a highly competitive university such as UCLA.”
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Nearly one-third of the intended 2008 freshmen from the U.S. are the first in their families to attend college, and nearly a fourth are from low-income families — those with earnings of $44,000 a year or less.
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The percentage of underrepresented students — Native Americans, African Americans and Chicanos/Latinos — among those indicating their intent to register rose to 21.7 percent (1,024), up from 19.5 percent (871) last year. Of particular note, the number of African American students planning to enroll as freshmen increased to 233, or 4.9 percent; the total in 2007 was 210, or 4.7 percent.
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Preliminary figures also indicate that the fall freshman class will include 1,753 Asian Americans (37.1 percent), 1,596 whites/Caucasians (33.8 percent), 778 Chicanos/Latinos (16.5 percent) and 13 Native Americans (0.3 percent). Six percent (285) of the intended students declined to state their ethnicity or race, and 1.4 percent (65) identified themselves as “other.”</p>

<p>Last year’s figures were: 1,837 Asian Americans (41 percent), 1,481 whites/Caucasians (33.1 percent), 647 Chicanos/Latinos (14.5 percent) and 14 Native Americans (0.3 percent). Five percent (225) of last year’s prospective freshmen declined to state their ethnicity or race, and 1.4 percent (64) identified themselves as “other.”

So from this data the percentage of Asians went down, whites and chicanos/latinos up, AfAms up very slightly. Asians are the largest single category. Why any of these changes in percentages it’s hard to say although I’d expect chicanos/latinos to increase given the increasing population of that category in California.</p>