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Reed Saxon/AP PhotoGovernor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday to clamp down on legacy admissions in private colleges. If schools don鈥檛 comply, they could lose state funding. -
Jae C. Hong/APTwenty-five years of experimentation under race-neutral admissions policies 鈥� and a half-billion dollars later 鈥� the University of California system says they still can't meet their diversity goals.
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Though voters soundly rejected an effort to legalize affirmative action in California in 2020, state Democrats are trying again, proposing a limited version that would allow state agencies to consider race if academic research shows evidence those race-based programs could work. Familiar political battle lines are forming. -
With a conservative Supreme Court expected to rule this summer in favor of ending or restricting affirmative action in college admissions, California鈥檚 private universities are worried about the potential impact on campus diversity. College administrators are revamping admissions and doing more high school outreach, while student activists are campaigning against a potential ban.
