http://www.chineseorjapanese.com Social Commentary (or rants) From an Asian Guy Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:41:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/university-of-california-asian/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/university-of-california-asian/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:08:00 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=316 As a product of the University of California - Go Aggies! - I will tell you from first hand that the UC demographic is all Asian. As it stands, having four- to five-times the amount of Asians represented in California's premier school system isn't necessarily a bad thing. But the breakdown is certainly telling in terms of where balance is needed. In a state funded education system where Asians make up only 12.4% of California's population, Asians make up 40% of the university's student body. To address the imbalance, UC regents have decided to relax admission standards in order to expand the UC applicant pool.]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/university-of-california-asian/feed/ 7