More Latino students are attending the University of California -- but UC campuses still have work to do in recruiting and building African-American and Native American enrollment.
Those are the findings from a UC campus diversity report, presented to the UC Board of Regents on Wednesday in Sacramento.
Regent Eddie Island was among the many university officials frustrated with persistently low enrollment of African-American students. He says systemwide policies aimed at increasing the number of underrepresented students have not been carried out effectively by campus presidents.
"The needle has not moved," Island says. "I look to the chancellors to lead this area. And quite frankly, they’ve not."
UC chancellors say there are a number of challenges. The ban on affirmative action prevents them from factoring race into college admissions. They also have to compete with other prestigious universities for African-American scholars.