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From Pre-College Grads to Undergrads: Encouraging Full-Time Enrollment after Summer Programs
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Meghan Buckley – Journal of College Access, 2024
This guest perspective argues that converting in-person summer pre-college program participants into matriculated, degree-seeking undergraduate students at that same institution is a multi-step process that involves: 1) strategic pre-college program recruitment, 2) a curated and well-rounded summer pre-college experience that is both academically…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Summer Programs, College Bound Students, Undergraduate Students
A Möbius Model of Racialized Organizations: Durability of Racial Inequalities in Admissions
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OiYan Poon; Douglas H. Lee; Eileen Galvez; Joanne Song Engler; Bri Sérráno; Ali Raza; Jessica M. Hurtado; Nikki Kahealani Chun – Journal of Higher Education, 2024
This study focuses on how admissions at selective colleges and universities represent key racialized organizations. We analyzed data from 50 individual interviews of admissions professionals, through a theory of racialized organizations to recognize admissions as practices that consistently reproduces systemic inequities. We reveal how…
Descriptors: Colleges, Universities, College Admission, Selective Admission
How Do Admissions Professionals Use the UCAS Personal Statement? HEPI Policy Note 48
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Fryer, Tom; Jones, Steven – Higher Education Policy Institute, 2023
In January 2023, UCAS announced their intention to reform the personal statement to a series of short questions. This built upon UCAS's work with students and providers in 2022/23, as well as academic literature that has documented the challenges and inequalities that surround the personal statement, including the Higher Education Policy Institute…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, College Applicants, College Admission, Admission Criteria
The Ecosystem of Learning: Admission and Diversity in Christian Higher Education
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Collins, Christopher S.; Mathew, Allan; Paredes-Collins, Kristin – Christian Higher Education, 2021
The policies, priorities, and productivity of postsecondary admission offices are under a great deal of scrutiny. The current realities range from the pressures of tuition-driven institutions to deliver the majority of the university budget each fall, to more selective institutions wrestling with standards of which applicants to accept amid…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Colleges, College Admission, Court Litigation
The Inequality of Holistic Graduate Enrollment Management
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Orlando, Alyssa – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2021
In this article, the author analyzed relevant literature focused on the evaluation and holistic admission practices of American graduate programs, including application materials, academic achievement, and non-cognitive variables. This article mainly focuses on the higher education graduate school admission system within the United States after…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, Graduate Students, Holistic Approach, College Admission
FERPA Training Practices: Results of the AACRAO January 2016 60 Second Survey
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American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), 2016
The January 2016 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) "60 Second Survey" focused on institutional Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) training practices and measuring the level of interest in an AACRAO-developed online FERPA training module. The survey received 878 usable responses.…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Privacy, Student Records, Parent Rights