After six years of dealing with growing numbers of unprepared students in their classrooms, math and science professors at the University of California have had enough. In an open letter addressed to the UC Board of Regents, more than 800 faculty members have detailed the harm caused to their educational mission by lowered admissions standards. They demand that the SAT and ACT mathematics be required of applicants for places in STEM majors beginning with the 2027 admissions.

The professors are right, but they do not go far enough. The SAT and ACT should be brought back, not just for sciences but for all majors, for the ability of college students to read has fallen precipitously, too.