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Students are suing the UC system for its test-optional admissions policy, alleging that applicants will still have to take the discriminatory exams.
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Whether you’re bored at home or seeking self-fulfillment, teach yourself something new while spending more time at home this summer!
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For a country founded on the principle that all men are created equal, doing away with the great testing equalizer is a step in the wrong direction.
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While being test-optional might help students with the best scores, rejecting tests altogether would do more to level the playing field.
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UC Berkeley is planning a study next year to measure the effects of test-blind admissions on academic performance after UC regents voted to eliminate the use of SAT and ACT.
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The UC Board of Regents decided to eliminate use of the SAT and ACT in the admissions process for California applicants by 2025 in a meeting Thursday.
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Standardized testing may no longer be a reality of the UC system’s application process, the UC Board of Regents decided Thursday.
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Which guidelines UC campuses will use when reopening, how the budget will be adjusted in response to the pandemic and what role the ACT and SAT will have in UC admissions are three of the many decisions the UC Board of Regents is scheduled to vote on at its May meeting.
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UC President Janet Napolitano recommended that UC campuses suspend use of the ACT and SAT standardized tests as admissions requirements until 2024 in a proposal to be considered by the Board of Regents at its May 21 meeting.
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A working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests the removal of SAT and ACT scores as a factor in college admissions, which could reduce income segregation in colleges and increase intergenerational income mobility.
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