UC considers lowering admissions requirements amid underpreparedness

Lowering requirements while faculty report weaker preparation points to a university system optimizing access statistics over readiness

While faculty complain of rising student underpreparedness, University of California leadership is concerned our minimum admission requirements are "overly rigid" and convened a workgroup to investigate reducing them. Notably, the workgrou
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