You Call It a College Campus. I Call It Another Planet.
Can Universities Around California and the Country Do a Better Job of Welcoming Diverse Student Bodies?
The University of California (UC) system has struggled to reflect the state’s ethnic diversity since California eliminated race-based affirmative action in 1996. Last fall, a video created by a group of African-American UCLA undergraduates about the low number of black male students on campus went viral, sparking conversation throughout California’s public universities on how to make higher education more inclusive. At a “Thinking L.A.” event co-presented by UCLA in front of a full house at MOCA Grand Avenue, a panel discussed why racial diversity matters, how to bring more underrepresented …
