<p>University of California considers dropping National Merit program
Concerns over the PSAT's validity as a predictor of college success and the failure of the selection process to produce racially diverse winners have prompted University of California chancellors at six campuses to consider pulling out of the National Merit Scholarship program. Last month, a UC faculty leadership council voted unanimously for the campuses to leave the program, as UC Berkeley and two other UC schools already have done. Los Angeles Times</p>