The Berkeley campus, which responded to the passing of Prop. 209 in 1996 with thousand-strong demonstrations in the university's Sproul Plaza, reacted with consternation to Noguera's departure.
"Without his influence, it might be even harder to get more diversity on our faculty," Giang Hong, a sophomore in Noguera's class told the Daily Cal.
Noguera also served as a role model to many students as both a person of color and an activist who takes his lessons outside the classroom.
"My departure does have an effect on a lot of students," he says.
Noguera has some regrets about the way things have played out and says that he did not intend for his departure to become a media event.
"It's not comfortable having your personal life in the paper," he says.
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