Considering the Whole Student: A Look at Holistic Admissions
Examine current challenges facing admissions teams and how holistic review can help alleviate some of these pressures.
This webcast will explore the state of holistic admissions via a broad overview of the research on this topic and a close-up look at how specific institutions are approaching holistic review. Expert panelists will examine current challenges facing admissions teams as a whole and discuss whether, and how, holistic review can help alleviate some of these pressures and limitations.
- Why some institutions are adopting holistic review
- What the holistic review process looks like at some institutions
- How holistic admissions affects institutional goals and metrics such as equity, diversity and student preparedness
- What institutions need to know about what happens after they start practicing holistic review
Additional resources:
- "An Admissions Reformer Takes Stock" (Inside Higher Ed)
- "Putting Admissions in Context" (Inside Higher Ed)
- "A Disruptive Year in Admissions" (Inside Higher Ed)
- "Holistic Admissions: Expanding Beyond Traditional Admissions" (AACRAO Consulting)
- "Holistic Review in Graduate Admissions: A Report from the Council of Graduate Schools" (Council of Graduate Schools)
- "The Higher Ed Admissions Workforce: Pay, Diversity, Equity, and Years In Position" (CUPA-HR)
- "Fall census reveals strong student retention, academic profile" (Virginia Tech)
- "The Equity/Excellence Imperative: A 2030 Blueprint for Undergraduate Education at U.S. Research Universities" (UERU)
- "AI and Holistic Review: Informing Human Reading in College Admissions" (ACM Digital Library)
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