At one of California’s top universities, many freshmen are unable to do middle-school math.

Other UCs are tracking similar trends, but UC San Diego’s problem is “significantly worse,” the report states.

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below ...

Shocking UC San Diego study reveals one in eight college freshmen lack basic math skills, with remedial course enrollment ...

America has plenty of talented people — but a UC San Diego study finds our schools are failing to educate them. And everyone ...

A UC San Diego report reveals a significant spike in freshmen requiring remedial math classes, with the need increasing from ...

Nearly 1,000 UCSD freshmen test into elementary school math despite stellar high school grades—a crisis 30 times worse than ...

A report from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) released on Monday suggests a five-year decline in academic ...

Twice this year, the University of California faculty broadly reaffirmed which high school math courses are required for admissions. However, many school counselors and students, along with the ...

San Gabriel High School teacher Leah Ulloa Ruiz teaches a data science lesson to calculate the likelihood of whether men or women will be victims in horror movies. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times ...

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“Alina Gataullina, a math major, works with other students as they talk about mathematics in the undergraduate math lounge. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)” Editor’s note: This story was originally ...