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At least 5,000 school employees have received preliminary layoff notices, though most pink slips went to classified employees, not teachers. Many may be ultimately rescinded.
The Civil Rights Project at UCLA, which commissioned the report from California Competes, urged researchers to think boldly in reimagining higher education in the state.
The university system, which has nine undergraduate campuses, committed last year to stop using the SAT and ACT, tests that critics have said are biased against low-income students, disabled students...