Timeline: Growth of UC Links / 5th Dimension Network		                    
  Initial 5th Dimension site is born
(San Diego - Mike Cole, PI)		     Proposition 209: University of California not permitted to use affirmative action in admitting students     Statewide group proposes multi-campus initiative — UC Links  

UC Links statewide network is born: 14 sites in California

New Site: North Carolina

      UC Links funding is augmented by UC Outreach funds

New Sites: Finland, Russia, Brazil
    UC Links Grant Program established with 3-year funding cycle   International sites                
    1988     Fall '95   April '96     1997–1998
     Academic Year 2000–01     Present: 2006-07                
 
1986     1995     Jan '96   Academic Year '96-97     1999    
Spring '01 		                 
    New Site: La Clase Mágica (San Diego - Olga Vásquez, PI)      UC group, including Mike Cole, Olga Vásquez and Charles Underwood, visit UC campuses to explore faculty interest in statewide network of programs   New Site: Puebla, Mexico
 UC President Richard C. Atkinson approves UC Links proposal for 2 years  

 

California: UC Links grows to 20 sites

New Sites: Mexico City, Sweden, Spain

    California: 27 sites

New Sites: Delaware, Florida, Denver, Denmark		       California:27 programs at 22 sites


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