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California State University prepares to drop SATs and ACTs

If trustees vote in favor of permanently eliminating the exams, CSU would join the University of California in having a "test blind" admission process.

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FILE - In this April 25, 2019, photo students walk past the Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex at the Cal State University, Los Angeles campus. California State University will require students, faculty and staff at its 23 campuses to get COVID-19 booster shots for the spring semester amid concerns about the highly contagious omicron variant. The mandate, which allows for medical and religious exemptions, requires the boosters by Feb. 28, or six months after the final dose of vaccination. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

CALIFORNIA, USA — California State University, the largest-four year university system in the country, is poised to eliminate SAT and ACT standardized tests from their undergraduate admissions process, following a trend in higher education over concerns that the exams are unfair to minority and low-income students.

The Board of Trustees for the 23-campus California State University will vote in March on recommendations to end the testing requirements, which were presented at a meeting Wednesday and met with widespread enthusiasm.

If trustees vote in favor of permanently eliminating the exams, CSU would join the University of California in having a "test blind" admission process. The University of California's Board of Regents voted last year to drop the tests at its nine undergraduate campuses.

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