UCSD students w/o 8th Grade Math Skills Skyrockets

If children grow up to graduate college, ....

Why would you want America to "graduate" idiots? Just to vote Democrat? Makes no sense.

UCSD report: "At our campus, the picture is truly troubling. Between 2020 and 2025, the number of freshmen whose math placement exam results indicate they do not meet middle school[!] standards grew nearly thirtyfold, despite almost all of these students having taken beyond the minimum UCOP required math curriculum, and many with high grades."

and if you think CA is bad, you should see most Red States that the OP didn't cherry pick to make his Troll Bonus tonight.

Nice whataboutism, America's greatest University system is ----, but here's more worse ---- ...

Great defense of people going into debt for half of their lives.

you should see most Red States that the OP didn't cherry pick

The report is the report, feel free to dig up more reports, I don't have a problem with it.

In February 2020, the UC Academic Senate published a 228 page report that made the case for using standardized tests in admissions. They were overruled.
You can't say they didn't warn the powers that be. But this was a political decision, not an academic one.
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I can't imagine why the GREATEST University system in the world would do this to itself.

Point out the parts in the the article that sound like gatekeeping then.
#12 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

"We cannot simply admit only from better-resourced schools," the report says. "This would replicate privilege and fail to support our mission as an institution that promotes social mobility."
~ FTA

That's not in the article.
~ Snoofy

Its in the article in the same way you lie via over generalizing.

For centuries, the Catholic Church held a monopoly on literacy in the West.

#9 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Sure, centuries ago, to call it the "west" implies its recent. You are such liar.

uhhh, you just over generalized.
#16 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

I didn't madbomber did.... if Snoofy can do it so can MadBomber.

This is just evidence of the incredible opportunities waiting on people who can actually perform in the STEM disciplines.
#21 | POSTED BY EBERLY

One issue is k-12 is failing the students, US spend an enormous amount of taxpayer dollars with a very poor return.

The other issue is the "test-blind" social equity gatekeeping admission system in place at the GREATEST University system in the world.

Newswek article was a pillow fight, compared to this article .... brutal ...
But the deeper crisis is moral. We have persuaded ourselves that to pursue excellence is to perpetuate inequity, that holding students to high standards is unfair, that success can be achieved by adjusting expectations rather than meeting them. The UCSD report exposes the folly of that thinking. "Equity" without preparation is cruelty disguised as compassion. It delivers opportunity in name only, while denying students the knowledge and skills they need to thrive.
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Even Tosser never pumped his own threads like this.
#19 | POSTED BY REDIAL

Tosser?

I am a piker compared to GasLighter and Corky. But I don't post 6 times before everyone else like they do. I never see you comment about them?? But I get it, being Canadian you don't really care about the US Universities. I unlike you have a vested interest in attempting to bring to light the decay, as my daughter is just about looking at Universities to attend.

But thank you for bringing nothing the table, regarding this matter.

This is just evidence of the incredible opportunities waiting on people who can actually perform in the STEM disciplines.

Just a heads up +30% of recent stem graduates can't find work.