Leaving The Race Box Empty Robert talks with Manuel Gomez, the vice-chancellor of student services at the University of California at Irvine. Gomez says that despite the 12 percent increase in the number of applications the university received this year, it's difficult for university officials to assess the racial makeup of the potential student body because so many students are now choosing not to state their race on their application forms.

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Leaving The Race Box Empty

March 17, 199812:00 AM ET

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Robert talks with Manuel Gomez, the vice-chancellor of student services at the University of California at Irvine. Gomez says that despite the 12 percent increase in the number of applications the university received this year, it's difficult for university officials to assess the racial makeup of the potential student body because so many students are now choosing not to state their race on their application forms.