Diversity rules at Berkeley

When I saw this (Diversity rules at Berkeley) on Lucianne.com, my original thought was, “Berkeley University in California needs diversity?” Then I read the article and noticed it was Berkeley College and that the article was from the Herald and is listed on NorthJersey.com. And all the towns named in the article were from Northern New Jersey. But the article never mentions where Berkeley College is located. Berkeley College is a business college with five campuses in the New York-New Jersey area. (Advice to Ms. Cunningham, in today’s web-world your readers may not be from the area. Answer all the questions—4W and How—in your articles.)

That said, my question became, “Berkeley College needs diversity?” Turns out 65% of the students are from various minorities (only 35% Caucasian—does that make them the monority?) prompting this comment from one student: "At my high school, we never had a lot of Caucasians," said 18-year-old Paul Vargas of Paterson. "Now going to class with them is like a new learning experience for me."

It is also interesting that the “first-year student (not freshman) from North Arlington in Bergen County, a primarily white community of 15,000 near Montclair” is named Hwang.

The faculty is only 20% minority.

And this is after all the bussing and desegregation plans in New Jersey.


Not to be confused with UCal-Berkely

Or the University of Berkely, an on-line university.