The University of California has offered freshman admission to more in-state Latino students than white students for the first time, a change that reflects the state’s shifting demographics.
Fall 2014 admissions data reported by the Los Angeles Times showed that 28.8 percent of California residents accepted to one of nine UC campuses were Latino, bumping white applicants as the second most accepted group and increasing Latino acceptances by nearly a thousand from the previous year. At 36.2 percent, Asian Americans still make up the largest ethnic group among accepted students.
The trend mirrors the group’s growth statewide, as Governor Jerry Brown’s latest budget summary forecasted Latinos would surpass whites as the state’s largest single ethnic group this spring. READ MORE
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