April 19, 2002

U. of California Admits More Minority Students

By PIPER FOGG

The University of California system, for the first time since it abandoned affirmative action in 1998, has admitted more minority students than it did when it relied on race-based admissions policies. Despite the system's overall gain, though, several of its most competitive campuses are still not up to the levels established during the days of affirmative action.

Since 2000, the system has guaranteed a spot at one of its campuses, though not necessarily the most selective ones, to the

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