UC PROFESSORS FINALLY SEE LIGHT, DEMAND STANDARDIZED TESTS BACK

It seems even the hallowed halls of the University of California system, long a bastion of all things 'woke' and 'equitable' (read: lowering standards), are finally having a moment of clarity. According to a recent piece by Noozhawk, a shocking number of UC faculty members—over 3,000, in fact—are begging for the return of standardized testing like the SAT. Another 2,300 eggheads, presumably the ones who still remember what 'STEM' stands for, want tests back for those fields specifically.

Who knew that requiring students to demonstrate actual academic aptitude before shelling out taxpayer dollars for a degree might actually be a good idea? For years, the progressive agenda demanded these tests be thrown out, claiming they were 'biased' or 'unfair' or some other drivel designed to mask the uncomfortable truth: some students are simply better prepared than others. Now, faced with a generation of graduates who can't diagram a sentence but are experts in 'intersectionality,' perhaps reality is setting in.

The real story here, of course, isn't just about the SAT. It's about the slow, agonizing realization within the entrenched bureaucracy that sacrificing merit for perceived 'equity' has consequences. While the Noozhawk piece politely tiptoes around the issue, we'll just say it: the UC system, like many public institutions, has spent years catering to the lowest common denominator, pushing diversity quotas over intellectual rigor. Now, the very faculty who helped dismantle standards are realizing their own jobs—and the reputation of their degrees—are on the line.

This isn't a sudden conversion to common sense, mind you. This is likely the panicked flailing of academics who are suddenly worried about their research grants and their school's plummeting rankings when their graduates can't actually do anything productive. It's a tacit admission that the progressive experiment in higher education has failed spectacularly, and they're hoping a few standardized tests can put the genie of mediocrity back in the bottle. Good luck with that, professors.