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Policy Briefs
Policy Briefs
Student, Faculty, and Staff Perspectives on Test-Optional Admissions in Two State Systems
Through this research, we sought to better understand the impact of test-optional policies on the stakeholders most affected by them: students.
Test-Optional Admissions, Admissions General
Test-Optional Admissions, Selectivity, and Enrollment Outcomes during the Pandemic
To what extent do “test-optional” policies relate to selectivity and enrollment outcomes among low-income and racially minoritized students?
Test-Optional Admissions, Admissions General
Variation in Test-Optional Admissions at Selective Colleges During the Pandemic
The pandemic saw the rapid and widespread adoption of test-optional admissions policies that allowed applicants to choose whether to submit SAT or ACT scores to selective four-year colleges.
Test-Optional Admissions, Admissions General
Inequity and College Applications: Assessing Differences and Disparities in Letters of Recommendation from School Counselors with Natural Language Processing
Analysis of letters of recommendation from school counselors from 600,000 college applications submitted through the Common Application platform.
Admissions General, Letters of Recommendation
Inequality Beyond Standardized Tests: Trends in Extracurricular Activity Reporting in College Applications Across Race and Class
Analysis of inequality in extracurricular activity descriptions in nearly 6 million college applications.
Admissions General, Extracurricular Activities
Test-Free Admissions at Selective Colleges: Insights from Admissions Professionals
While 1,700+ colleges and universities are test-optional, about 86 institutions completely eliminated the use of tests in admissions.
Admissions General, Test-Free Admissions
Research Papers
Research Papers
Student, Faculty, and Staff Perspectives on Test-Optional Admissions in Two State Systems
Through this research, we sought to better understand the impact of test-optional policies on the stakeholders most affected by them: students.
Test-Optional Admissions, Admissions General
Test-Optional Policies in the Era of COVID-19: Responses from the College Admissions Community
The COVID-19 pandemic propelled many institutions to adopt test-optional policies. At the same time, little is known about the decision-making processes that led to these changes, or how practitioners implemented them.
Test-Optional Admissions, Admissions General
Inequality Beyond Standardized Tests: Trends in Extracurricular Activity Reporting in College Applications Across Race and Class
Analysis of inequality in extracurricular activity descriptions in nearly 6 million college applications.
Admissions General, Extracurricular Activities
Inequity and College Applications: Assessing Differences and Disparities in Letters of Recommendation from School Counselors with Natural Language Processing
Letters of recommendation are affected by inequality.
Non-Standardized Application Components, Admissions General, Letters of Recommendation
Test-Optional Admissions, Selectivity, and Enrollment Outcomes during the Pandemic
To what extent do “test-optional” policies relate to selectivity and enrollment outcomes among low-income and racially minoritized students?
Test-Optional Admissions, Admissions General
Test-Free Admissions at Selective Colleges: Insights from Admissions Professionals
We analyzed perspectives on test-free admissions from 17 admissions professionals working at test-free institutions. Overall participants expressed positive viewpoints on test-free admissions.
Admissions General, Test-Free Admissions
Op-Eds/Media
Op-Eds/Media
Want Diversity? Keep Test-Optional, but Improve Guidance
Test-Optional Admissions, Admissions General
OPINION: A year after the Supreme Court’s historic affirmative action ruling, MIT’s drop in student diversity provides a cautionary tale
Admissions General
Admissions After the Supreme Court Ruling: Understanding Inequality in Extracurricular Activities
Admissions General, Extracurricular Activities
Extracurricular Involvement in High School is Not a Level Playing Field
Extracurricular Activities
$1.4M Gates Foundation Award to Study National Effect of Test-Optional Admissions
Test-Optional Admissions
Admissions as a Game of Chance? New Research Says Lotteries Could Decrease Diversity
Admissions General
Books
Books
Other Work
Other Work
A Möbius Model of Racialized Organizations: Durability of Racial Inequalities in Admissions
Admissions General
Advancing Equity by Rethinking the Use of Tests in College Admissions
Admissions General, Test-Optional Admissions
Dismantling the Hunger Games: Exploring a Match System in Selective Admissions
Admissions General
How Does Race-Conscious Holistic Admissions Work in the Post-Fisher v. University of Texas (2016) era?
Admissions General
In a Pandemic, Test-Optional Admissions is Necessary but Insufficient
Admissions General, Test-Optional Admissions
What if We Leave It Up to Chance? Admissions Lotteries and Equitable Access at Selective Colleges
Admissions General
The Role of Selective College Admissions Criteria in Interrupting or Reproducing Racial and Economic Inequities
Admissions General
Exploring the Impact of Test-Flexible Admissions on Law School Diversity and Selectivity
Admissions General, Test-Optional Admissions
A Product of Prestige?: “Race Unknown” and Competitive admissions in the United States
Admissions General
Mobilizing Social Science Research to Inform Judicial Decision-Making: SFFA v. Harvard
Admissions General
Interest Convergence or Divergence?: A Critical Race Analysis of Asian Americans, Meritocracy, and Critical Mass in the Affirmative Action Debate
Admissions General
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