Last year, a report compiled at one of California’s most prestigious public universities revealed that a significant percentage of incoming freshmen struggled with basic math. Others lacked elementary writing and language skills. A recent revolt by University of California faculty members now indicates the rot is systemwide. In October, a joint faculty-administration committee at UC San Diego warned that, “Over the past five years,” the school “has experienced a steep decline in the academic preparation of its entering first-year students. … This trend poses serious challenges both to student success and to the university’s instructional mission.” The committee discovered that one in 12 students lacked the math skills necessary to succeed at seventh-grade levels. Notably, most of these students “earned” outstanding grades in high school. Also, notably, the UC Board of Regents, in a tip of the cap to left-wing “diversity” and “equity” concerns, stopped requiring the SAT or ACT in 2020.…