March 24, 2009

Asian-American Lawmakers Pressure U. of California Over New Admissions Policy

By Peter Schmidt

Two panels of the California Legislature that deal with Asian-American issues plan to jointly hold a hearing next week to scrutinize a new University of California undergraduate admissions policy that could lower Asian-American enrollments.

The State Senate’s select committee on Asian and Pacific Islander affairs and the state’s 11-member Joint Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus plan to hear testimony from Asian-American activists, a member of the university Academic

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