The five-year experiment in ignoring SAT and ACT results has failed. Continuing it would be a disservice to students who aren't prepared for college.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The University of California announced today (July 31) that it has admitted its largest and most diverse class to date. This ...

USC is one of a handful of private universities that, according its most recent data, has considered legacy and donor-connection status in admissions. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Lawmakers ...

In a move that squarely places California’s public universities at the forefront of the national trend to drop standardized tests, the Cal State university system will eliminate SAT and ACT exams from ...

Stanford will continue considering legacy status while no longer being test-optional for the fall 2026 admissions cycle, according to the University’s newly released admissions criteria. The move ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California has become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions in the college application process, a practice that has long been criticized as favoring white or wealthy students ...

Student group says Black, Hispanic applicants get unfair advantage Violations of U.S. Constitution, civil rights law alleged University says it collects race data for statistical purposes Feb 3 ...

The University of California loves data. Our researchers collect and analyze all kinds of information about the world. We also track all kinds of UC stats, many of them available on detailed public ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit filed this week accuses the University of California of racial discrimination in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Latino students over Asian American ...

The Trump administration called on institutions to be more meritocratic in their admissions processes. But what merit is—and how exactly it should be used—remains a contentious topic in higher ed.

Lawmakers passed a bill this week that would make California one of the few states in the nation to ban private colleges and universities from considering an applicant’s legacy or donor connections ...

California is banning legacy admissions at private colleges and universities, ensuring that some of the country’s most selective schools will not favor applicants with familial or monetary connections ...