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More universities drop standardized tests.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
The University of California recently announced that it will stop participating in the National Merit scholarship program on the six of 10 campuses that still were using it, and redirect more than $700,000 to other student awards.
The announcement follows June's 17-0 vote by UC faculty leaders to recommend dropping the program. Among criticisms was that Latina/os, African Americans and Native Americans were only 3.2% of UC's National Merit Scholarship winners but about 19% of all UC undergrads receiving any type of merit scholarships.
UC bases undergraduate admissions on a wide variety of academic and personal accomplishments, said UC provost M. R. C. Greenwood. In contrast, "the National Merit Scholarship program uses the score on the PSAT to eliminate the vast majority of students from further consideration in their process. ...
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