Data on Admissions Released
A professor here just did a study on the upcoming freshman class. I was considering posting on this yesterday, but I didn't, for exactly the reason that Patrick Rodrigues mentions on the CalPatriot blog:

So what should we make of this? I really don’t know. Chancellor Birgeneau will still push to reverse Prop. 209. Skeptics will continue to insist that there is a Prop. 209 backdoor somewhere. And, most unfortunately, the focus will remain on college admissions, though the real problem lies in lackluster K-12 education.

For those interested, there is some info at that post, and more results at the Berkeley NewsCenter article (briefly summarized: there doesn't seem to be any evidence that comprehensive review is being used to covertly sneak a bunch of minorities into Berkeley).

The reason I do mention this is that there are some non Prop. 209 approaches to increasing diversity that are showing a lot of promise, and I'll post on those in more detail after my finals are over.Email This Post!