Posted on 05/15/2021 4:50:04 PM PDT by karpov
The University of California will not take SAT and ACT scores into account in admissions or scholarship decisions for its system of 10 schools, which include some of the nation’s most sought-after campuses, in accordance with a settlement in a lawsuit brought by students.
The settlement announced on Friday signals the end of a lengthy legal debate over whether the University of California system should use the standardized tests, which students of color and those with disabilities have said put them at a disadvantage. Opponents of the tests called the settlement “historic,” and said that it would broaden access to campuses for students across the state. “Today’s settlement ensures that the university will not revert to its planned use of the SAT and ACT — which its own regents have admitted are racist metrics,” said Amanda Savage, a lawyer representing the students.
Some 225,000 undergraduate students attend University of California schools, and the settlement this week makes the system the largest and best-known American institution of higher education to distance itself from the use of the two major standardized tests. The settlement resolves a 2019 lawsuit brought by a coalition of students, advocacy groups and the Compton Unified School District, a largely Black and Hispanic district in Los Angeles County. The plaintiffs said that the college entrance tests are biased against poor and mainly Black and Hispanic students — and that by basing admissions decisions on those tests, the system illegally discriminates against applicants on the basis of their race, wealth and disability.
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Your social credit score is more important, Comrade.
RIP UC.
This is actual anti-Asian discrimination.
Merit is so racist.
Then they will ignore grades.
UC needs to jettison ALL White Administration, Faculty, and Staff.
Then admit NO Asians or Asian supporting White Students.
They’re lying. They will always use them. They are a fair measure of IQ.
“Opponents of the tests called the settlement “historic,” and said that it would broaden access to campuses for students across the state.”
Yes, it will broaden access for the less intelligent/hard working.
Or just continue with grade inflation,where everybody gets A’s......
SAT will be voluntary - but if you are white, you’d better take it.
so there it is - just buy a piece of parchment and print a degree. No effort or merit required.
Bell Curve was the kiss of death for real discussion....I remember when one of the authors died and the author that was left(charles Murray??) faced the full fury of blacks and liberals.... Truth is not something they appreciate.....Black dems know how stupid they are..They don’t want anyone else talking about it.....
Hey, screw the Bell curve, stupid people deserve a college education too.
Without that engineering degree they won’t be able to break into the typically white profession of bridge and tunnel building. Or even aerospace design and manufacturing.
Not to mention all those degrees and certifications for brain and heart surgery.
Kill the meritocracy!
/s
How?
The dumbing down is almost completed.
If people of low IQ can’t get in they’ll remove the things that give people of high IQ an advantage for admissions.
It actually is a great book and had one of the most well thought out public policy statements ever
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