“Daniel Archer, vice president of academic affairs in the Board of Regents office, said the board took this step with the needs of first-generation college students in mind.”
Ouch.
IMO if students aren’t qualified to attend college, instead of lowering the bar across the board the state should beef up it’s education programs and opportunities in the trades. A college degree is actually supposed to mean something, not just be a rubber stamp on “adulthood” or what passes for it.