University of California freshmen are increasingly flunking introductory math classes, with nearly one in five students earning a failing grade, withdrawing or otherwise failing to pass — almost ...

Over the last five years, the number of first-year students who failed in calculus and preparatory math courses increased from 13% to 18%.

Key Points ・California’s 2025-26 test results show 49.3% of students proficient in English and 38.4% in math, both still ...

About a dozen first-year UC Berkeley students gathered one afternoon last fall inside a classroom in Evans Hall, where math professor Zvezdelina Stankova held office hours for one of her calculus ...

More than 25% of the UC San Diego students placed in the school's lowest remedial math class had gotten a 4.0 grade average in high school math. One in eight freshmen at UC San Diego place below ...

UC San Diego says it’s struggling to deal with a large and growing number of freshmen whose math skills are below middle-school level, leaving many unprepared to thrive at an institution famed for its ...

A new report from the University of California, San Diego has ignited a viral conversation on social media, because it demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college ...