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Civil Litigation,
Education Law,
Civil Rights

Dec. 11, 2019

UC sued over use of admission tests

Public Counsel has sued the University of California system in a bid to force it to stop using the SAT and ACT as a factor in student admissions approval.

UC sued over use of admission tests
ROSENBAUM

Public Counsel has sued the University of California system in a bid to force it to stop using the SAT and ACT as a factor in student admissions approval.

Lawyers and researchers for Public Counsel said in a conference call Tuesday the test is biased towards well-off white applicants and has the effect of maintaining UC campuses as “havens of concentrated privilege.” Smith v. Regents of the University of Cali...

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