Should the UCs Reinstate the SAT?
About this episode
The episode discusses the debate over reinstating SAT and ACT scores in UC admissions following faculty support and concerns about student performance in math.
The University of California system is considering requiring SAT or ACT scores in admissions again, after more than 3,000 faculty members signed open letters in favor of bringing back the test requirement. Professors say their students have fared worse in math since the UC system did away with a standardized testing requirement in 2020. Many of the nation’s most selective universities have already reinstated the exams after a pandemic pause, but a 2019 lawsuit — which argued the SAT and ACT discriminate against disabled students and measure race and wealth more than academic aptitude — had limited the UC system’s ability to restore the tests. We’ll discuss the debate and hear from you: Should the UCs bring back the SAT and ACT? Felicia Mello, higher education reporter, Berkeleyside Lisa Holder, civil rights attorney; member, California’s Reparations Task Force Mina Aganagic, professor of mathematics and physics, University of California Berkeley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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