UC Davis research shows that universities who made standardized tests optional for admission increased the diversity of their student bodies. (iStock) Universities that have eliminated standardized ...

It establishes the CSU Direct Admissions Program, which builds off a pilot initiative implemented last year at CSU Riverside.

While many elite universities have removed their test-optional policies, Notre Dame has affirmed its test-optional policy for ...

Julie Posselt, a professor of education and the author of “Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping,” said the responsibility of determining the goal of standardized ...

UC San Diego’s record-high enrollment seems to have come at a cost: increasingly underprepared students. On Nov. 6, UCSD’s ...

Lawmakers passed a bill this week that would make California one of the few states in the nation to ban private colleges and universities from considering an applicant’s legacy or donor connections ...

Student group says Black, Hispanic applicants get unfair advantage Violations of U.S. Constitution, civil rights law alleged University says it collects race data for statistical purposes Feb 3 ...

April 11 (UPI) --Harvard announced Thursday it will reinstitute the mandatory submission of standardized test scores for fall 2025 admissions. It's an abrupt reversal from previous policy of being ...

Key Points ・UC San Diego’s own faculty report shows a thirtyfold jump since 2020 in freshmen arriving with math skills below the middle-school level, raising concerns about admissions practices and ...

California’s public universities were once excellent at milling out mostly competent graduates (along with the requisite duds and savants). The University of California, San Diego (UCSD), has thrown ...

A California bill seeks to do away with legacy admissions at universities like Stanford. Photo from Ian Mackey via Unsplash Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ended the practice of race-based college ...