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California community college students choosing jobs over class likely fuel enrollment drop
California’s precipitous drop in undergraduate college enrollment — driven largely by big declines in community college attendance — has continued for a second straight year, a trend fueled by a declining population and pandemic pressures drawing young adults to the workforce, not classrooms.
UC slams the door on standardized admissions tests, nixing any SAT alternative
The University of California has slammed the door shut on using any standardized test for admissions decisions, announcing that faculty could find no alternative exam that would avoid the biased results that led leaders to scrap the SAT last year.
Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the old way of grading
There is a growing trend in which educators are moving away from traditional point-driven grading systems, aiming to close large academic gaps among racial, ethnic and economic groups.
Why friendship is hard for many teens right now
After spending most of their time at home for a year and a half, many kids simply don’t know how to act around their peers. Antisocial behavior has manifested in various ways. Some feel so anxious, so alone, that they barely come to campus.
More California colleges remove SAT, ACT requirements during application process
Nearly 130 colleges and universities in California do not require students applying for the fall 2022 semester to release their ACT or SAT scores, according to updated data from the National Center for Fair & Open Testing.
Op-Ed: Here’s everything I missed as a COVID-era student. Will any of it ever come back?
Sidhi Dhanda, a rising sophomore at Hopkinton High School in Hopkinton, MA, shares what it's like to navigate high school during COVID-19.
California has the largest drop in spring college enrollment numbers in the nation
California leads the nation with the largest drop in spring 2021 college enrollment numbers largely due to a steep decline in community college students, who have particularly struggled with pandemic hardships, according to a new report.
Black students in 14 L.A. County school districts face serious equity barriers, study finds
Black students in Los Angeles County continue to face a multitude of barriers to an equitable education, including concentrated poverty, high suspension rates and housing insecurity, a UCLA report released Wednesday found.