Berkeley released their figures for the fall class-- virtually unchanged from last year.

Of the 3,600 students who started their freshman year at UC Berkeley this fall, 45 percent identify themselves as Asian-American, 4 percent as African-American, 11 percent as Hispanic, 30 percent as white and 0.5 percent as American Indian or Native Alaskan. The proportions for last year's entering class of 3,655 students were almost identical, though 29 percent of its members were white and 0.4 percent identified themselves as Native American.

These are remarkably steady numbers-- perhaps too steady, given that California is constantly undergoing demographic shifts. You would expect some of that to be reflected in the numbers year by year. Look forward to the upcoming LA Times piece: 'Admissions hold steady: a University in crisis.' as well as 'White figures increase 1 percent: a University in crisis.'

It's also interesting that these numbers are steady despite the fee increases over the summer. You might expect groups correlated with lower socioeconomic figures to show a drop-- but that apparently hasn't happened.

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