UC Professors Call for Immediate Elimination of SAT and Increase in Underrepresented Minority Student Enrollment

Students: Please show this Faculty Declaration to your professors.

    The elimination of affirmative action in the University of California has been a tragic mistake. Recognizing and attempting to correct this mistake, the University of California regents voted unanimously to reverse the ban on affirmative action at their May 16, 2001 meeting in San Francisco.

    Now we as faculty have the opportunity, the responsibility and the authority to begin taking important steps to correct the tragic consequences of the regents' 1995 mistake. The years since the elimination of affirmative action in the University of California prove that the inequality and segregation of our society still require positive counter-measures.

    The University of California is one of the best public university systems in the world. Our education policy, our research, and our intellectual output are looked to the world over. This is an important responsibility. We must set an example of openness and equality of opportunity. We must set an example of active opposition to racial caste and stratification. We must in no way participate in the sordid tradition of marginalizing black, Latina/o, Native American and other underrepresented minority young people in our state. If the UC System itself is tainted by the segregation and racial inequality that have too long poisoned our national life, a stamp of hypocrisy is placed on our entire project, despite all of our sincere and diligent efforts.

    California is now a majority minority state. In order for the UC system to be an institution that is democratic, open and responsible to the state of California, it is critical that the UC system represent our state's broad and rich diversity. It is an untenable contradiction simultaneously to have the diversity of our state increasing while opportunities in higher education are being narrowed for Latina/o, black and other underrepresented minority students. We know that separate cannot be equal and that integration is an educational and a social imperative.

    The current use of the SAT in admissions arbitrarily reduces the number of underrepresented minority students who are accepted into our flagship schools. The discriminatory impact of the SAT I means that academically capable, intellectually gifted students who would very likely succeed at UCLA or UC Berkeley are cut off from that opportunity because of the university's use of the SAT I.

For these and other reasons:

1. We call for an immediate end to the use of the SAT I in University of California admissions.
2. We support the proposal for unitary admissions* as a component of what is necessary to reverse the drop in underrepresented minority enrollment that has followed the elimination of affirmative action.
3. We call for an increase in underrepresented minority student enrollment beginning next fall.

*Also known as comprehensive review, this proposal would end the requirement that each UC campus admit at least 50 percent of students strictly on the basis of what are termed academic criteria (i.e., GPA, extra and honors and AP courses taken, test scores).
 

If you agree with the above statement, please send the following info to california@bamn.com: Your Name, Position, Department, College or University Affiliation, E-Mail Address.

Student and community organizations are also encouraged to endorse.

 
Signatures as of February 19, 2002:

UCB ETHNIC STUDIES DEPARTMENT, UCB WOMEN'S STUDIES DEPARTMENT, CHARLES HENRY, PROF AND CHAIR, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, UCB; JANET ADELMAN, PROF AND CHAIR, ENGLISH, UCB; MICHAEL BURAWOY, PROF AND CHAIR, SOCIOLOGY, UCB; Elizabeth Abel, Prof, English, UCB; Ayse Agis, Lecturer, Women's Studies, UCB; Robert Allen, Visiting Prof, African American Studies, UCB; Paul Ammon, Prof, Education, UCB; Gibor Basri, Prof, Astronomy, UCB; Emilie L. Bergmann, Prof, Spanish, UCB; Daniel Boyarin, Prof, Near Eastern Studies & Rhetoric, UCB; Daniel Brook, Lecturer, Sociology, UCB; Dana Buntrock, Asst Prof, Architecture, UCB; Judith Butler, Maxine Elliott Prof, Rhetoric & Comparative Literature, UCB; Claudia Carr, Prof, ESPM, UCB; Lydia Chavez, Assoc Prof, Journalism, UCB; Margaret Chowning, Assoc Prof, History, UCB; Donald L. Dahlsten, Prof and Assoc. Dean, ESPM, UCB; Tracy Davis, UCB; Laura Enriquez, Assoc Prof, Sociology, UCB; Susan Ervin-Tripp, Prof Emeritus, Psychology, UCB; Gil Eyal, Asst Prof, Sociology, UCB; Laurel Fletcher, Acting Clinical Prof, Law, UCB; Mary Louise Frampton, Director, Center for Social Justice, Boalt Law, UCB; Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Prof, Women's Studies, UCB; Bluma Goldstein, Prof Emerita, German, UCB; Marcial Gonzalez, Asst Prof, English, UCB; Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Prof, ESPM, UCB; Christy Harrington, Lecturer, Women's Studies, UCB; Saidiya Hartman, Assoc Prof, English, UCB; David Haytin, UCB; Leon Henkin, Prof Emeritus, Mathematics, UCB; Susana Hinojosa, Librarian, Government/Social Sciences, UCB; Glynda Hull, Assoc Prof, Education, UCB; Jean Ishibashi, Lecturer, Ethnic Studies, UCB; Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, Postdoc researcher, Physics, UCB; Andrew F. Jones, Assoc Prof, East Asian Languages & Cultures, UCB; Enrico Jones, Prof, Psychology, UCB; Caren Kaplan, Assoc Prof and Chair, Women's Studies, UCB; Mary Kelsey, Lecturer, Sociology, UCB; Liza Kramer, Lecturer, English, UCB; Jean Lave, Prof, Education, UCB; Young-Oak Lee, Visiting Scholar, Ethnic Studies, UCB; David Leonard, Lecturer, Ethnic Studies, UCB; Xin Liu, Asst Prof, Anthropology, UCB; Michael Lucey, Assoc Prof, French & Comparative Literature, UCB; Peter Manoleas, Lecturer, Social Welfare, UCB; Francine Masiello, Prof, Spanish and Comparative Literature, UCB; Utz McKnight, Visiting Prof, African American Studies, UCB; Martin Meeker, Lecturer, UGIS, UCB; Dawne Moon, Asst Prof, Sociology, UCB; Donald Moore, Asst Prof, Anthropology, UCB; Deborah Nason, Lecturer, African American Studies, UCB; Michael Omi, Assoc Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCB; Jessica Parker, Lecturer, Education, UCB; Brian Powers, Lecturer, Sociology, UCB; Allan Pred, Prof, Geography, UCB; Jose Rabasa, Prof, Spanish and Portuguese, UCB; Darren Ranco, Asst Prof, Native American Studies, UCB; Victoria Robinson, Lecturer, Ethnic Studies, UCB; Jeff Romm, Prof, ESPM, UCB; Jose Saldivar, Prof and Chair, Ethnic Studies, UCB; Nicole Saulsberry, African American Studies, UCB; Susan Schweik, Assoc Prof, English, UCB; Jeff Selbin, Lecturer, Law, UCB; Dan I. Slobin, Prof, Psychology, UCB; Noam Sobel, Asst Prof, Neuroscience, UCB; Angelica Stacy, Prof, Chemistry, UCB; Alan Steinbach, Assoc Clinical Prof, Public Health, UCB; Jim Stockinger, Lecturer, Sociology, UCB; Jill Stoner, Assoc Prof, Architecture, UCB; Tyler Stovall, Prof, History, UCB; Ronald Takaki, Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCB; Barrie Thorne, Prof, Sociology & Women's Studies, UCB; Faye Wachs, Lecturer, Sociology, UCB; Jon Weil, Lecturer, Public Health, UCB; Marcy Whitebook, Senior Researcher, Institute of Industrial Relations, UCB; Linda Williams, Prof and Director, Film Studies, UCB; Erin Winkler, Instructor, African American Studies, UCB; Leon Wofsy, Prof Emeritus, Molecular & Cell Biology/Immunology, UCB; Darrell Hamamoto, Assoc Prof, Asian American Studies, UCD; Suad Joseph, Prof, Anthropology and Women's Studies, UCD; Rodolfo Alvarez, Prof, Sociology, UCLA; Adolfo Bermeo, Assoc Vice Provost for Student Diversity, UCLA; Frederick Erickson, Prof, Education, UCLA; Katherine Callen King, Prof, Comparative Literature & Classics, UCLA; Vinay Lal, Asst Prof, History, UCLA; Reynaldo Macias, Prof, Chicana/o Studies, Education, and Applied Linguistics, UCLA; Peter McLaren, Prof, Education, UCLA; Belinda Tucker, Prof, Dept of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA; Jennifer Westbay, Lecturer, Writing Programs, UCLA; Karen Pyke, Asst Prof, Sociology, UCR; Ellen Reese, Asst Prof, Sociology, UCR; Donald R. Atkinson, Prof, Education, UCSB; Eileen Boris, Hull Prof, Women's Studies, UCSB; Julie Carlson, Assoc Prof, English, UCSB; Eve Darian-Smith, Assoc Prof, Anthropology, UCSB; Kip Fulbeck, Assoc Prof, Art, UCSB; Nancy Gallagher, Prof, History, UCSB; Mary Hancock, Assoc Prof, Anthropology, UCSB; Aaron J. Levine, Acad Coord/Sup, Education (Teacher Education Program), UCSB; Harold Marcuse, Assoc Prof, History, UCSB; Cecilia Mendez-Gastelumendi, Asst Prof, History, UCSB; Sharleen Nakamoto, GSI, History, UCSB; Constance Penley, Prof and Chair, Film Studies, UCSB; Tim Fitzmaurice, Lecturer, Writing Program, UCSC; W. L. Goldfrank, Prof, Sociology & LALS, UCSC; Jody Greene, Asst Prof, Literature and Women's Studies, UCSC; Craig Haney, Prof, Psychology, UCSC; Gail Hershatter, Prof, History, UCSC; Curtis Marez, Asst Prof, American Studies, Latin American Studies, Latino Studies, UCSC; Olga Najera-Ramirez, Assoc Prof, Anthropology, UCSC; Arthur Pearl, Prof emeritus, Education, UCSC; David Swanger, Prof, Education and Creative Writing, UCSC; Gordon Wells, Prof, Education, UCSC; Lisa Bloom, Visiting Assoc Prof, Visual Arts, UCSD; Ross Frank, Assoc Prof, Ethnic Studies, UCSD; Paul Frymer, Asst Prof, Sociology, UCSD; Ruth M. Heifetz, Senior Lecturer, Medicine, UCSD; Marcel Henaff, Prof, Literature, UCSD; Louis Hock, Prof, Visual Arts, UCSD; Kimberly Jameson, Asst Prof, Psychology, UCSD; Adriene Jenik, Asst Prof, Computer & Media Arts, UCSD; Fred Lonidier, Professor, Visual Arts, UCSD; Demian Pritchard, doctoral candidate, Literature, UCSD; Roddey Reid, Assoc Prof, Literature, UCSD; Lesley Stern, Prof, Visual Arts, UCSD; Shelley Streeby, Assoc Prof, Literature, UCSD; Winifred Woodhull, Assoc Prof, French, UCSD; Adele E. Clarke, Prof, Sociology, UCSF; Dana Polan, Prof, Critical Studies, USC; Alma Flor Ada, Prof, Education, USF; Ann Aurelia Lopez, Instructor, Biology/Environmental Science, CC-San Jose; Charles Wollenberg, Chair, Social Science, CC-Vista; Carol Burr, Prof, English, Dir of Ctr for Multicultural & Gender Studies, CSU-Chico; Jose R. Lopez-Morin, Asst Prof, Chicano Studies, CSU-Dominguez Hills; William De La Torre, Interim Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, CSU-Northridge; Juanita Barrena, Prof, Biological Sciences, CSU-Sacramento; Elsa Favila, AOA, Academic Affairs, CSU-Sacramento; Rhonda Rios Kravitz, Head of Access Services, Library, CSU-Sacramento; Madeline Y. Hsu, Assoc Prof, Asian American Studies, CSU-San Francisco; Ken Burke, Prof and Dept Head, Dramatic Arts & Media Studies, Mills College; Jose Calderon, Assoc Prof, Sociology and Chicano Studies, Pitzer College; Daphne A. Brooks, Asst Prof, English and African-American Studies, Princeton; Thomas P. Kim, Asst Prof, Politics and International Relations, Scripps College; Juliet Koss, Asst Prof, Art History, Scripps College
 

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