Rethinking Admission

Wake Forest has just concluded its first national conference on "Rethinking Admissions" (http://www.wfu.edu/provost/rethinkingadmissions/) and the presentations by a wide range of admissions experts presented some thought-provoking research and comments. The discussion ranged from the use of the SATs to preferential admission to how to define college "success" to the use and impact of college rankings.

While there was clear agreement that there were problems with the current process, there were differing viewpoints on the nature of the problem and how best to improve it. A conference blog (http://rethinkingadmissions.blogs.wfu.edu/) provides some insights into the topics and points that were made.

Over the coming weeks, I will be commenting on specific aspects of the conference.