“The SAT, imperfect as it is, measures knowledge of the absolute basics and the ability to reason clearly under a time constraint. An SAT score would have told us—and Diego himself—the truth about his preparation before it was too late.“
Pyongyang! Right here at home! This will be even better when they gild the columns
No more subcommittees please! This must be fixed before the next admissions cycle: We condemn innumerable students to failure in the name of equity, while excluding prepared applicants
Basic mathematical fluency is analogous to literacy; without it, success in university-level STEM becomes structurally unattainable for students
"The administration is urging Americans to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears. Ms. Noem and Mr. Bovino are lying in defiance of obvious truths. They are lying in the manner of authoritarian regimes that require people to accept lies as a demonstration of power."
"An extrajudicial execution by security forces. This is where we are: armed agents of the state killing civilians with an apparent belief in their total impunity."
Is this what a robust democracy looks like? Asking for a friend
Hundreds of University of California professors are urging the system to reinstate the SAT or ACT requirement for STEM majors by 2027, saying that the test-optional policy has created a widening prep...
California universities dropped the SAT to help low-income and minority students. The policy is doing the opposite, writes Svetlana Jitomirskaya, a professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley.
