Compared to the holistic approach used by the law school, the undergraduate body automatically awarded a fixed number of extra points to underrepresentedminorities.
At Berkeley, the most distinguished university, only 43 of the 7, 107 admission offers went to black applicants, and overall admissions of underrepresentedminorities were just 16.4% of the total, compared with 25.3% in 1997.
On April 29, Zeithaml sent a lengthy e-mail to all students and staff to further explain Jones's comments and urge everyone, especially women and underrepresentedminorities, to "enthusiastically and optimistically" pursue careers in which they have interest and aptitude.