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In CA at least, there is a large gap: Despite those changes and others, the proportion of freshmen from underrepresented racial groups, including Blacks, Latin

by apress 4y ago

In CA at least, there is a large gap: Despite those changes and others, the proportion of freshmen from underrepresented racial groups, including Blacks, Latinos and women, attending the UC campuses, averaged 20% before Prop 209, then dropped to 15% in 1998, then slowly increased over the next 20 years, reaching a peak of 37% in 2016, according to the system. However, the percentage of underrepresented students graduating from high school had doubled to over 56% by 2016. Source: https://edsource.org/2020/students-at-californias-top-tier-universities-dont-reflect-states-racial-and-ethnic-diversity-says-urban-institute-study/635332 https://edsource.org/2020/students-at-californias-top-tier-u...

michtzik 4y ago
I know you are quoting from your source, but this blew my mind: > underrepresented racial groups, including Blacks, Latinos and women Women are not an underrepresented racial group, and in fact make up the majority of students at the University of California. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/fall-enrollment-glance https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-...
SpicyLemonZest 4y ago
The analysis checks out (excepting the "women" part, which I assume is some kind of typo), but the "underrepresented racial groups" framing hides important parts of the story. Both black and white students are accepted in proportion to public school demographics; Hispanic students are the single largest ethnic group despite being underrepresented. (https://apnews.com/article/education-race-and-ethnicity-79f7d0e7eb812ce36538b9e112c38956 https://apnews.com/article/education-race-and-ethnicity-79f7..., https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/ad/ceffingertipfacts.asp https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/ad/ceffingertipfacts.asp) So unless you take the perspective that colleges ought to engage in direct racial balancing against local graduating classes, it's very hard to tell a story about diversity or implicit bias here.

by apress 4y ago

michtzik 4y ago

I know you are quoting from your source, but this blew my mind: > underrepresented racial groups, including Blacks, Latinos and women Women are not an underrepresented racial group, and in fact make up the majority of students at the University of California. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/fall-enrollment-glance https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-...

SpicyLemonZest 4y ago

The analysis checks out (excepting the "women" part, which I assume is some kind of typo), but the "underrepresented racial groups" framing hides important parts of the story. Both black and white students are accepted in proportion to public school demographics; Hispanic students are the single largest ethnic group despite being underrepresented. (https://apnews.com/article/education-race-and-ethnicity-79f7d0e7eb812ce36538b9e112c38956 https://apnews.com/article/education-race-and-ethnicity-79f7..., https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/ad/ceffingertipfacts.asp https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/ad/ceffingertipfacts.asp) So unless you take the perspective that colleges ought to engage in direct racial balancing against local graduating classes, it's very hard to tell a story about diversity or implicit bias here.