What Are We Talking about When We Talk about Holistic Review? Selective College Admissions and Its Effects on Low-SES Students

Autor/inn/en	Bastedo, Michael N.; Bowman, Nicholas A.; Glasener, Kristen M.; Kelly, Jandi L.
Titel	What Are We Talking about When We Talk about Holistic Review? Selective College Admissions and Its Effects on Low-SES Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education, 89 (2018) 5, S.782-805 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bastedo, Michael N.) ORCID (Bowman, Nicholas A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1546
DOI	10.1080/00221546.2018.1442633
Schlagwörter	College Admission; Selective Admission; College Students; Low Income Students; Holistic Approach; Decision Making; Admissions Officers; Definitions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Bildungsselektion; Collegestudent; Holistischer Ansatz; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Begriffsbestimmung
Abstract	This mixed-methods study used open-response survey data, focus groups, and an experimental simulation to explore how 311 admissions officers defined and used concepts of holistic review in selective college admissions. We found that 3 distinct definitions of holistic review predominate in the field: whole file, whole person, and whole context. We explored these concepts qualitatively and used the coded data to predict decision making in an experimental simulation. We found that admissions officers with a "whole context" view of holistic review were disproportionately likely to admit a low socioeconomic-status applicant in our simulation. Inconsistent definitions of a core admissions concept make it more difficult for the public to comprehend the "black box" of college admissions, and a more consistently contextualized view of holistic review may also have real-world implications for the representation of low-income students at selective colleges. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01