After six years of deliberation, the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees signaled it is likely to drop a proposal for a fourth-year math or science requirement for applicants—a plan critics say may discourage low-income students from applying for college.
At a trustee meeting last month, CSU officials recommended the board reject the proposal, citing aNovember 2022 study (pdf) that shows nearly all CSU applicants already take a fourth year of math or science.  
“CSU does not plan to pursue a change to our admissions requirements,” said Nathan Evans, vice chancellor of academic and student affairs during a Nov. 15 meeting. “Instead, we anticipate employing multiple strategies … to strongly recommend and incentivize the completion of an additional quantitative reasoning course to prepare students for the full range of academic professions.” …