The A-G requirements have long served as California students’ road map to UC, but faculty are now asking whether those decades-old rules still define college readiness.
UC’s president is urging California’s congressional delegation to intervene as sharp slowdowns in federal science funding delay research and threaten university jobs.
UC offered admission to more than 102,000 California freshmen for fall 2026, setting a record even as Berkeley accepted fewer for the third straight year.
Vanderbilt University will open a college of art, architecture and design on CCA’s former San Francisco campus with $75 million from Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang and and his wife Lori Huang.
With its two-year roadmap suddenly rescinded, UC could act sooner on restoring standardized testing for admissions — or take an entirely different approach.
Two powerhouse California research universities placed among the top 10 in the world in a new ranking released by U.S. News & World Report, which compares 2,250 institutions in 150 countries.
This comes after 1,000 faculty members signed an open letter expressing alarm at the poor math skills of students admitted since 2020, when UC stopped accepting the SAT and ACT standardized tests.