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The Meritocratic Consensus and Stratification in Higher Education

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Meritocratic Consensus and Stratification in Higher Education

University of California admissions and the SAT: FAQs

Tue, 8 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In 2020, the Regents of the University of California voted to stop considering SAT scores (or ACT scores) in undergraduate admissions. A group of UC faculty have recently signed open letters calling on the Regents to reverse this decision.UC’s renewed debate on the SAT follows decisions from a number of Ivy League institutions to return to requiring standardized test scores, after going “test optional” during the pandemic. UC, however, is a public institution, with a different mission from that of the Ivy League private universities. As the “About UC” page on the ucop.edu website describes it, “The University of California began more than 150 years ago with a simple but revolutionary idea: that college should be available to everyone. That same spirit still guides us today…We’re an engine of social and economic mobility for hundreds of thousands of students, and our research and innovation powers health care for all Californians.” As the Regents and other stakeholders consider...

The Meritocratic Consensus and Stratification in Higher Education

Fri, 4 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

American colleges and universities are highly stratified by pre-college academic achievement, family background, and institutional resources. We study the meritocratic consensus in American higher education: colleges that high-testing students (who are generally also from high-income families) attend spend dramatically more on instruction than do those that enroll lower-testing students. Stratification by test scores has been largely stable since the 1960s, but the stratification of instructional resources has risen sharply since 1970 at both private and public institutions. Non-academic admissions criteria like athletics, legacy, and affirmative action are second-order in determining the allocation of students to universities. Potential economic justifications for the positive association of instructional expenditures with student prior achievement – q-complementarity between achievement and resources, convex social returns to high human capital, and incentives to invest in learning...

CalFresh Participation Among California's College Students: A 2023-24 School Year Update

Tue, 4 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Food insecurity is widespread among college students in the United States. CalFresh food benefits, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, can help students inCalifornia pay for food, but may not reach all eligible students. This data point provides estimates of CalFresh participation rates among California community college (CCC), California State University(CSU), and University of California (UC) students in California. It updates numbers from our last data point, which focused on CalFresh enrollment during the 2022–23 school year for CCC and UC students.This is the first data point in this series to include CSU students.

A New Origin Story for Coeducation at the University of California:Josephine Lindley and the Decision to Admit “Young Ladies”

Tue, 7 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

UC early undegraduate women

Land-Grant Universities—The View From Maine

Tue, 2 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Land-Grant Universities—The View From Maine

Women Students on the University of California Campus, 1870-1890

Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Women Students on the University of California Campus, 1870-1890

Berkeley Women Fellows of the Royal Society

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women Fellows of the Royal Society

Berkeley Women Fellows of the American Philosophical Society

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women Fellows of the American Philosophical Society

Berkeley Women Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences

Berkeley Women Fellows of the American Council of Learned Societies

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women Fellows of the American Council of Learned Societies

Berkeley Women Guggenheim Fellows

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women Guggenheim Fellows

Berkeley Women Fellows of the Royal Society

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women Fellows of the Royal Society

Berkeley Women MacArthur Grant Recipients

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women MacArthur Grant Recipients

Berkeley Women Fellows of the National Academy of Engineering

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women Fellows of the National Academy of Engineering

Berkeley Women Awarded Nobel Prizes in Different Categories

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women Awarded Nobel Prizes in Different Categories

Constitution of the State of California 1879, Statutes of the State of California Passed at the Twenty-third Session of the Legislature

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Constitution of the State of California 1879, Statutes of the State of California Passed at the Twenty-third Session of the Legislature

Report of the Subcommittee on the Status of Academic Women on the Berkeley Campus.

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Report of the Subcommittee on the Status of Academic Women on the Berkeley Campus.

Dimensions of Variance in the Proposed Typology of American Public Higher Education Systems

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Dimensions of Variance in the Proposed Typology of American Public Higher Education Systems

Artificial Intelligence and Grade Inflation

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Artificial Intelligence and Grade Inflation

Short Tenures, Lasting Damage: How the State Center Community College District's Turnover Squandered Fresno City College's Cultural Resources

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Short Tenures, Lasting Damage: How the State Center Community College District's Turnover Squandered Fresno City College's Cultural Resources

Broadening Our Perspective Concerning America's Education Attainment: Growth, Progress, and Data Gaps

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Broadening Our Perspective Concerning America's Education Attainment: Growth, Progress, and Data Gaps

"We Were Democracy Mad:" Clerical Workers' Unionism, Antiracism, and Feminism at the University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1972

Thu, 9 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

"We Were Democracy Mad:" Clerical Workers' Unionism, Antiracism, and Feminism at the University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1972

"Fed Up": A Clerical Workers' Manifesto Sparks a Comparable-Worth Campaign at the University of California at Berkeley, 1970-1974

Thu, 9 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

"Fed Up": A Clerical Workers' Manifesto Sparks a Comparable-Worth Campaign at the University of California at Berkeley, 1970-1974

"We Were Domocracy Mad:" Clerical Workers' Unionism, Antiracisim and Feminism at the University of California, Berkeley 1966-1972

Wed, 8 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

"We Were Domocracy Mad:" Clerical Workers' Unionism, Antiracisim and Feminism at the University of California, Berkeley 1966-1972

The Equalizer: How Internships Close the Post-Collegiate Earnings Gap for Pell Grant Recipients

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Equalizer: How Internships Close the Post-Collegiate Earnings Gap for Pell Grant Recipients

The Impact of Nutrition Assistance on College Student Success

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Impact of Nutrition Assistance on College Student Success

Divergent Business models in international higher education: A transatlantic comparison

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Divergent Business models in international higher education: A transatlantic comparison

The History of Women's Studies is a History of Conflict

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The History of Women's Studies is a History of Conflict

Berkeley Women Elected to the National Academy of Arts and Sciences

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Berkeley Women Elected to the National Academy of Arts and Sciences

Berkeley Women Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A list of all past and current women fellows connected to UCB

How Instructors Regulate AI in College: Evidence from 31,000 Course Syllabi

Mon, 2 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

How Instructors Regulate AI in College: Evidence from 31,000 Course Syllabi

Broadening the Safety Net: The Impact of Increased CalFresh Access for University of California Students

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Broadening the Safety Net: The Impact of Increased CalFresh Access for University of California Students

Direct Admission at the CSU: Early Outcomes and Statewide Expansion Under SB 640

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Direct Admission at the CSU: Early Outcomes and Statewide Expansion Under SB 640

Doris Howes Calloway: Exceptional Role Model, Mentor, and Humanitarian

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Doris Howes Calloway: Exceptional Role Model, Mentor, and Humanitarian

UCB Celebrates 150 years of Women in Engineering

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

UCB Celebrates 150 years of Women in Engineering

The History of Women's Studies is a History of Conflict

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The History of Women's Studies is a History of Conflict

The Sorority Sister Who Battled Racism in Berkeley and Beyond

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Sorority Sister Who Battled Racism in Berkeley and Beyond

Constitution of the State of California 1849