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    Increased Diversity Seen in Fall Class


    The fall 2001 entering class is shaping up to be one of UCSB's most diverse. Of the 16,450 high school students who were accepted, the campus has received deposits and Statements of Intent to Register (SIRs) from 3,879. Of those, 19.13 percent are members of underrepresented minority groupsÑAfrican Americans, American Indians, Chicanos, and Latinos. That proportion is up from last year's 18.07 per cent.
    The actual numbers of students from underrepresented groups is also up, to 742 from 642 at this point in the admissions process last year. All four of the underrepresented groups had gains in total numbers of students, though they were generally small. Chicano students were the exception. They went from 371 last year to 456, an increase of 85.
    Final fall enrollment numbers won't be available until early October.
    The number of students who are expected to enroll typically slips a bit between the time deposits are received and classes begin, according to Christine Van Gieson, acting director of admissions. The campus expects to enroll between 3,625 and 3,650 freshmen in the fall. Still, she says, the increase in the actual numbers of students from underrepresented minority groups and the proportion of the entering class that they account for will show gains over last year.
    Last year at this time, UCSB had received deposits from a total of 3,531 students.
    Statistics on incoming transfer students are still preliminary. UCSB accepted 4,723 transfer applicants and, as of June 6, a total of 1,406 SIRs from transfer students had been received. That means that 29.7 percent of those who were offered admission have indicated they will be enrolling. That proportion is roughly equal to last year at this time.
    Thus far transfer applicants from underrepresented minority groups make up 16.7 of those who plan to enroll. Transfer students who actually enrolled in fall 2000 accounted for 16.5 percent of all transfer students.
    The admissions office anticipates enrolling between 1,350 and 1,400 transfer students in the fall.
    Systemwide, transfer students were up 9.1 percent over last year, to 12,221 total admits."It's very heartening to see this significant increase in admissions to UC," said Thomas J. Nussbaum, chancellor of the California Community Colleges. "We've been working very hard with the University to turn these numbers around, and we're finally beginning to see some significant results."