For the Record - Sept. 4, 2008
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UCLA admissions: An article in Saturday’s California section about a professor’s allegations that UCLA admissions officials are illegally considering applicants’ race inaccurately described Proposition 209 as barring public universities from considering religion, among other factors. The 1996 voter-approved ballot measure forbids universities and other state entities to consider race, gender, color, ethnicity or national origin.
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