After Outcry, University of California Increases In-State Admission Offers
The University of California said it had increased admission offers to California freshmen by more than 15 percent for the fall 2016 semester while reducing offers to international students at two of its prestigious campuses. The numbers are likely to help defuse a controversy sparked by accusations that the university has rejected Californians in favor of nonresidents… A detailed chart released by the university showed that 71,178 California freshmen have been offered admission to the university’s nine undergraduate campuses for this fall, an increase of 9,344 from last year. That is a sharp reversal from 2015, when admission offers to California freshmen declined by 1,039 from the previous year, spurring protests by parents whose children were denied spots.
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by Stephanie Saul, The New York Times.