University of California Weighs Return of SAT Amid Early Signs of Changing Views and Faculty Pressure

Colleges and Universities Should Take Their Civic and Social Purposes Seriously

Austin Sarat On July 6, the New York Times published an editorial entitled “A Great University Undermines Its Mission.” I turned to it eagerly, expecting to see a stirring defense of what I call the civic and purposes of higher education. Instead, the editorial highlighted the uproar among faculty at the University of California over the consequences of the university’s 2020 decision to end the use of SATs in its admissions process throughout th…

University of California weighs return of SAT amid early signs of changing views and faculty pressure

LOS ANGELES — The debate over whether the University of California should restore the SAT in admissions, expected to surface next week before regents, is emerging as one of its most closely watched and consequential issues as leaders assess how ...

UC weighs return of SAT amid early signs of changing views and faculty pressure

Six years after dropping the SAT and ACT, the University of California is weighing a return to standardized testing following intense pressure from faculty who say incoming students lack basic math and reasoning skills.

Should standardized testing come back to UC admissions?

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