September 29, 2000
U. of California May Admit Top 12.5% of High-School Graduates
The University of California last week proposed extending offers of admission to students in the top 12.5 percent of every high-school graduating class in the state if the students successfully complete two years at a California community college first.
The move marks yet another effort by the nine-campus system to increase the number of minority students at its top campuses after the state's voters approved a ban on affirmative action in 1996. At the same
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