The University of California System released admissions data this week, announcing a record breaking 60,000 admissions of California students to begin classes next fall at the system's 10 campuses.  While overall admissions were up, the acceptance rate was down due to a demographic surge of college age Californians.  The UC System highlighted the increased diversity of its accepted students, with double digit increases of Latino and African American students.  Since the passage of proposition 209 in 1996 California universities have been forbidden from considering race, gender or ethnicity in admissions decisions.
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