Selective institutions like the University of California, San Diego are well-positioned to address preparation gaps—after ...

From where we sit at the University of California, it has long been easy for faculty to lament that too many first-year students arrive academically unprepared by their K-12 schools.

UCSD was bracing to see a roughly 30% drop in international enrollment for the 2025-26 school year, but that’s not what ...