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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Attempts to develop an accurate definition and measure of "intelligence" have been fraught with difficulty and controversy. Within the questions lie recommendations for equity-based and culturally responsive assessments. Ford, Moore, and Pope-Davis ’ qualified acceptance of the apology appears in another Diverse Issues commentary.

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Report: Parents of Prospective College Students Worry about Cost and Safety

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Parents and caretakers are always concerned about educational costs, degree competition and job placement, and if a safe and healthy campus environment is provided for their students,” said Dr. Davida L. The children of these parents had engaged in one or more college search behaviors involving four-year institutions.

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Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment

The University Innovation Alliance

One result of this effort was the definition of robust campus-employer partnerships, co-created by BGEE campus teams, EWG members, and students. Prospective students are increasingly paying attention to graduate job placement rates before choosing which college to attend. Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment.

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Research Underway by Gates Foundation Partners to Better Understand Test-Optional Admission

NACAC's Admitted

The 2021 task force also noted that simply going test-optional or test-free will not in and of itself universally improve equity. EqRC is studying the implications of equity in admission for historically excluded populations.

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Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

EAB

My team has worked with an increasing number of institutions that are seeking to re-center their student success strategies around a more holistic definition of the student experience. Read more: Recommendations on customizing your early alert system to close equity gaps and help more students graduate.

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How to Manage a PR Crisis

EAB

It could be a controversial political appointment, to the board of trustees of someone that students don't serve in the same, or identify the same political party as that individual or some controversy around that person's placement. So those would definitely be the mistakes. It can't just be a one and done sort of situation.