California State University prepares to drop SATs and ACTs

SF Gate ^ | January 27, 2022 | by JOCELYN GECKER

[Oldeconomybuyer]

California State University, the largest-four year university system in the country, is poised to eliminate SAT and ACT standardized tests from its undergraduate admissions process, following a trend in higher education over concerns that the exams are unfair to minority and low-income students.

The Board of Trustees for the 23-campus CSU system will vote in March on recommendations to end the testing requirements, which were presented at a meeting Wednesday and met with widespread enthusiasm.

“This issue of SAT and ACT testing has overwhelmed students and families for a long time,” said trustee Diego Arambula. “It feels so important to do this.”

California State University has 486,000 students. If trustees vote to permanently eliminate the exams, CSU would join the University of California in having a “test blind” admission process. The UC’s Board of Regents voted last year to drop the standardized tests at its nine undergraduate campuses.

Critics have long argued that standardized tests put minority and low-income students at a disadvantage, in part because of test questions that can contain inherent bias which more privileged children are better equipped to answer. They also say wealthier students typically take expensive prep courses that help boost their scores, which many students can’t afford.

[Grampa Dave]

Instant Unemployment Degree, IUD.

One of our sons came up with that acronym, about 3 decades ago.

In spite of a tough economy, his dual engineering degree enabled him to get a great job in the bad economy.

A teacher friend of ours asked why he got a job and those with other degrees couldn’t buy a job.

He labeled the other degrees, IUD’s,Instant Unemployment Degrees!

The teacher friend still remembers his comment.