At its July meeting, the Academic and Student Affairs Committee of the University of California Board of Regents began a year-long effort to consider what it means for today’s students to be college and career ready. In the coming year, the UC Academic Senate’s Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) will also review undergraduate admissions policies, including standardized testing and the A-G framework, and will make recommendations for consideration by the Board of Regents.
If these processes result in changes to the A-G course sequence required for admission to UC and CSU, it could have big implications for students and high schools.
This is a huge opportunity to reimagine our vision of readiness. A recent opinion piece in Ed Source, Singular focus on A-G misses California high schools’ broader definition of readiness, unpacks the possibilities and highlights different approaches being demonstrated by schools across the state.
The UC Board of Regents will be holding listening sessions to hear from a range of constituent audiences including students, families, educators, employers, researchers, and policymakers.
The next session, focused on K-12 educators, will be held at the Linked Learning Conference in Palm Springs on October 21–23.