Overview
- The Academic Senate’s admissions board, BOARS, said Thursday it will convene work groups to study whether to reinstate SAT or ACT scores and to review the high‑school A–G course requirements.
- More than 1,400 UC professors, many in math and STEM fields, signed an open letter urging a return of testing after reporting that instructors must reteach basic middle‑school math.
- A UC San Diego Senate report found a roughly 30‑fold rise from 2020 to 2025 in incoming students whose math skills fell below high‑school level, with 70% of that group below middle‑school level.
- Legal constraints complicate any shift because a prior court order barred UC from using tests and the current status of that injunction is unclear, so the regents retain final authority.
- If the Academic Senate recommends reinstating tests, the Board of Regents would have to approve the change and any new requirement could not take effect before the fall 2028 admissions cycle.