Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT?
by mannerheim on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:26PM
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California has a significant Asian population. In my experience, many older Chinese Americans are completely apolitical, but one thing they do care about is that their children get into a good college. They exerted significant pressure the last time repealing Prop 209 was proposed by calling and writing their elected officials.
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Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT?
by crackercrews on Friday July 23, 2021 @07:51PM
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The last time 209 was up for repeal was last year. Elected officials were not involved. It was up for popular vote, and it failed. I think the margin was even wider than when 209 was first put in place.
The pro-209 campaign was outspent something like $27M to $1.6M but still prevailed.
Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT?
by usaar333 on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:43PM
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It was a legislature introduced constitutional amendment; the legislature was heavily involved by virtue of voting to put it on the ballot.
Re:Why is the university of California dropping the SAT?
by mannerheim on Friday July 23, 2021 @08:00PM
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Ah, my mistake, I was thinking of the attempt in 2012.