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UC can increase diversity despite Proposition 16 failure, according to faculty


Patricia Gandara, an education professor and co-director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, said Proposition 16 would have changed this by taking into consideration the factors that contribute to inequality. “Proposition 16 would have changed the perception,” she said. “It is hard to see what the university can do beyond using race and ethnicity…

Patricia Gandara, an education professor and co-director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, said Proposition 16 would have changed this by taking into consideration the factors that contribute to inequality.

“Proposition 16 would have changed the perception,” she said. “It is hard to see what the university can do beyond using race and ethnicity in their admissions process.”