
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is researching how it supports neurodivergent claimants of universal credit (UC), months after an autistic man took his own life after becoming increasing…
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✅ UC considers restoring SAT, ACT after faculty warning on math skills
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/uc-considers-restoring-sat-act-faculty-math-22301311.php
#uc #sat
New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics
Spin-only dynamics of the multi-species nonreciprocal Dicke model
Joseph Jachinowski, Peter B. Littlewood
SciPost Phys. 20, 155 (2026)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.20.6.155
Whaaa? Not having uniform math standards for assessing admissions isn't working? <shocked> How can this be? 🙄
✅ Citing ‘severe’ math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM applicants
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-27/uc-math-professors-demand-return-of-sat-for-stem-admissions
#sat #uc #math #stem

Hundreds of University of California professors are urging the system to reinstate the SAT or ACT requirement for STEM majors by 2027, saying that the test-optional policy has created a widening preparation gap that threatens the value of UC science, technology, engineering and math degrees.