Educational Barriers
Educational barriers prevent students from _____
Learning
Diversity is the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different ____
Backgrounds
The state spending on prisons ranks California ____ in the country on prison spending
#1
Activism is action taken to create ___ in political, environmental, economic, or social issues
UCI has the ___ smallest-proportion of Black students among the nine UC’s
2nd
Southeast Asians are ____ as unlikely to attain a HS diploma in comparison to Caucasians
Twice
More than ___% of students have heard staff make negative comments about gender expression in schools
70%
Before the 2010 Affordable Care Act was passed, ____ Americans were predicted to live in households that would declare bankruptcy to due inability to pay off medical bills
1.7 million
The term ____ refers to a minority group being stereotypically viewed as more successful than other groups
Model Minority
In 2021, UCI ranked ___ in Diversity (racial and ethnic diversity of students and staff) by The Wall Street Journal
3rd
More than ___% of immigrant children arriving in U.S. schools have gaps or interruptions in attending school
10%
Unemployment rates are higher among ___ and ___ populations
Black and Hispanic
In 2012, President Obama issued this act to protect eligible immigrant youth who came to the U.S. as children from deportation
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
In 1968, about 1000 students of this university took over the administrative building and barricaded dormitories to demand that their curriculum emphasize African-American history and culture, create a judiciary system involving students, and drop disciplinary action against students protesting for their rights
Howard University
UCI has no resource center on campus for students who identify as ____
Asian/Asian-American/Pacific-Islander
Less than half of Black students graduate within 4 years at UC. ___ out of ___ never receive a degree
1 out of 4
What percent of the UCI undergrad population identifies as American Indian/Alaskan Native?
0.08% (28 students)
About ___ in ___ of young children live in a family that struggles to cover basic needs
1 in 5
On the first day of classes in 2009, UC students shouted "Lay off Yudof!" in response to the UC system cutting $____ from its budget, resulting in fee hikes and furloughs, while the UC President Mark Yudof received a salary increase.
$800 million
Nearly ___ percentage of UCI students will graduate in 4 years
73%
In 2000-2001 the average UC Student fee was $____ and in 2023-24 tuition and fees will be $____?
$3,429 and $15,352
___ out of ___ students with mental health disabilities stated they were not aware they were eligible for accommodations
1 out of 3
California last increased the rate of minimum wage in the year ___, while the federal minimum wage last increased in ___
2023 (CA - $15.50), 2009 (US - $7.25, about 2 million Americans do not make more than federal minimum wage)
Name three social movements (in the U.S.) that defined 2020-2021.
Possible answers: Black Lives Matter, Stop Asian Hate, Capitol Riots, Public Health, Climate Change, Voting Rights, Trans Lives Matter, etc.
In what year did protestors march during Celebrate UCI to demand for Ethnic Studies classes?
1991