BERKELEY, Calif.
A faculty review awarded high marks to the University of California’s new admissions process that tries to consider students’ personal and academic challenges as well as their academic records. Critics, however, say the new policy, known as comprehensive review, lowers academic standards and encourages students to come up with hard-luck stories to impress application readers.
But the faculty review released last month found the process was successful in its first year with academic levels remaining stable, campuses keeping the system fair and a small spot-check indicating students were being honest.
