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UC faculty leaders announce study on whether SAT and ACT tests accurately predict college success

The UC Academic Senate periodically reviews standardized test requirements. In 2003, UC accepted a Senate board recommendation to adopt tests covering fundamental disciplines — language arts ... read more

University of California faculty decline to endorse test-optional admissions - Inside Higher Ed

The Academic Senate of the University of California assembled a task force in 2018 to evaluate the system’s current use of standardized tests. On Monday that task force delivered a much-anticipated ... read more

UC considers alternatives to standardized testing in admissions process

Mary Gauvain, the chair of the UC Academic Senate and co-chair of the FSSC, and Michael Brown, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, said at the meeting that the FSSC and FSWG ... read more

UC should keep SAT and ACT as admission requirements, faculty report says

Powerful UC voices have criticized use of the test, including Board of Regents chairman John A. Pérez and UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, but the Academic Senate is charged with deciding ... read more

UC Berkeley Academic Senate discusses improving undergraduate experience

UC Berkeley professors discussed the undergraduate experience and improving student advising at the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate meeting Thursday. read more