From the late 1990s to today, applications from Latino Californians grew 500 percent — about five times faster than applications from Asian-Americans over the same time period, and almost 20 times faster than applications from white students. Preliminary data show that Latinos accounted for 37 percent of in-state applicants to UC for 2017, an all-time high… Of course, application and admission are two very different things. While last year more Latinos applied to a UC campus than any other ethnic group, they still trailed the much smaller Asian-American population in acceptance rate.

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by Matt Levin, The Davis Enterprise.

Posted: January 1st, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.