For 13 years, University of California officials have wrestled with a seemingly insoluble problem: how to sustain a student body that reflects the state’s vast diversity without violating Proposition 209, the 1996 ballot measure banning race-based affirmative action. The latest attempt to formulate a policy that is both legal and capable of increasing diversity is a controversial new admissions mandate that will take effect in fall 2012… Sacramento’s 10-member Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus…asked the UC regents to postpone their February vote, saying that a proposal with the potential to negatively affect the state’s third-largest ethnic group (Asian Americans make up 12% of California’s population) needed further study. And Steve Boilard of the state Legislative Analyst’s Office questioned "why UC is pursuing these changes at this time," noting that the enlarged eligibility pool represented a marked departure from the Master Plan for Higher Education.

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by Marc B. Haefele, The Los Angeles Times.

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