William Liang At the sixth-ranked American public university, UC San Diego, a quarter of students taking a remedial math course placement exam couldn’t solve for x in this equation: 7 + 2 = x + 6. A ...

Reeling from hundreds of millions in potential budget cuts, UC San Diego has decided it can’t and won’t guarantee that the first-year graduate students who enroll this fall will get their full ...

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 ...

When UC San Diego freshman Mutale Malama was scrolling through a list of course options, “The Oceans” caught her eye. It’s one of more than 40 classes students can take to fulfill the university’s new ...