“The University of California Board of Admissions is proposing to lower to 2.8 from 3.0 the minimum grade point average for admission to a UC school. That 3.0 GPA standard has been in place for 40 years. Students would also no longer be required to take the SAT exams that test for knowledge of specific subjects, such as history and science.” Why would the UC Board of Admissions do this?
The plan would grant admissions officers more discretion to evade the ban on race and gender preferences imposed by California voters. Those limits became law when voters approved Proposition 209 in 1996, and state officials have been looking for ways around them ever since. ‘This appears to be a blatant attempt to subvert the law,’ says Ward Connerly, a former member of the University of California Board of Regents, who led the drive for 209. ‘Subjective admissions standards allow schools to substitute race and diversity for academic achievement.'”
