Research Spotlight: Evidence to Inform Holistic College Admissions Policies

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Dr. Michael Bastedo and Dr. Mark Umbricht discuss their research on how universities can implement holistic college admissions policies.

As we continue to navigate a college admissions landscape following the Supreme Court ban on race-conscious admissions and a context that is increasingly test optional, how are we re-thinking what equitable admissions policies can look like?A new report examines the idea of contextualized evaluation to account for the opportunities available within a high school and the broader context of individual schools, which seeks to level the playing field among different applicants coming from starkly different high schools, neighborhoods, and backgrounds.Join researchers <a href="https://marsal.umich.edu/directory/faculty-staff/michael-bastedo" title="https://marsal.umich.edu/directory/faculty-staff/michael-bastedo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Michael Bastedo</a> from the University of Michigan Marsal Family School of Education and <a href="https://www.northcarolina.edu/offices-and-services/division-of-strategy-and-policy/mark-umbricht-ph-d/" title="https://www.northcarolina.edu/offices-and-services/division-of-strategy-and-policy/mark-umbricht-ph-d/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Mark Umbricht</a>, Director of Data and Research for the University of North Carolina System as they discuss their 2023 research report <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23328584231197413" title="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23328584231197413" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Contextualized High School Performance: Evidence to Inform Equitable Holistic, Test-Optional, and Test-Free Admissions Policies.</a>

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