Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Making college admissions work better; in today's NY Times

In today's NY Times, several very very short contributions, including one by me....

How to Improve the College Admissions Process

INTRODUCTION

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The Times columnist Frank Bruni’s new book, “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be,” appeals to teenagers and their parents to relax, because the college decision won’t matter as much as they think it will. But as those thin and thick envelopes arrive in mailboxes across the country, don’t colleges and universities share some of the responsibility for the absurd competition?
What can selective colleges and universities do to improve the admissions process?
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1 comment:

  1. BuminApril 2, 2015 at 10:07 AM

    Al, here is my take on the college admissions problem:

    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2539818

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