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UC System may not use SAT/ACT tests for admissions and scholarship decisions
Author(s) -
Charmatz Marc
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
enrollment management report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6263
pISSN - 1094-3757
DOI - 10.1002/emt.30717
Subject(s) - scholarship , state (computer science) , political science , covid-19 , medical education , psychology , medicine , law , disease , algorithm , pathology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Admissions criteria during the pandemic have left colleges and universities in a difficult position. Schools have traditionally used SAT/ACT scores in the admissions process. But some schools are no longer using these tests. In California, students with disabilities sought to enjoin the regents of the University of California from considering the results of the SAT/ACT tests in admissions and scholarship decisions, and a California state court agreed, holding that high school students with disabilities are denied meaningful access to admission and scholarship opportunities, “in large part because they have not taken these tests and will not be able to take them with appropriate accommodations during this Covid‐19 pandemic” ( Smith, et al. v. Regents of the University of California, et al. , No. RG19046222 (Cal. Super. Ct. 08/31/20)).