Access and equity issues at UCLA in a post-affirmative action era

Minority Higher Education;Educational Policy;Affirmative Action and Equity;Sociology of Education;Ethnic Studies

Jimenez, Otoniel

关键词: Minority Higher Education;    Educational Policy;    Affirmative Action and Equity;    Sociology of Education;    Ethnic Studies;   

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美国|英语

来源: The Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship

【 摘 要 】

This study investigates the admissions of Chicano/Latinos and African American studentsin a post affirmative action era at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Data wascollected and analyzed from the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) from1989-2008 it examines admission trends of students from the fore mentioned-communities andthe impact of eliminating affirmative action programs at UCLA. This dissertation concludes thatthe elimination of affirmative action programs has decreased underrepresented students atUCLA. However, the impact varies by community. For Chicano/Latino students theirrepresentation at UCLA dropped after the elimination of affirmative action but later recovered,although their representation at UCLA still remains a challenge. For African AmericanStudents, their numbers and percentages are meager and with the elimination of affirmativeaction, their representation has dwindled even furthered. The dissertation explores how a publicuniversity like UCLA can ignore a large proportion of students when these two groups togethercomprise a large sector of K-12 population in the state. As such, this study questions not onlythe commitment of UCLA, but also of K-12 institutions, in making these students competitive togain admissions at this highly selective public state university.