UC Merced attendence Students aren’t flocking to the University of California, Merced the way administrators had hoped. Last year, under 4 percent of Merced admittants actually chose to go there. Now the University of California is introducing a program, called Shared Experience, which they say increased enrollment at other UC campuses in the past. Find out how the program works and how UCM's first years compare to the starting period at other UC campuses.
UC minority admits University of California minority admissions for the 2007-2008 school year are up significantly - black and hispanic admissions increased by at least 10 percent. Find out the causes behind the increase, whether its part of a trend in the UC system, and what it means for the affirmative action movement.
Sasha Abramsky Journalist and author Sasha Abramsky has written extensively about US prisons. In the Sacramento writer's latest book, "American Furies: Crime, Punishment, and Vengeance in the Age of Mass Imprisonment," he argues our prisons are both a reflection of and a driving force behind violence in American culture.