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Consider nontraditional learners in totality to draw students with grit
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
enrollment management report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6263
pISSN - 1094-3757
DOI - 10.1002/emt.30441
Subject(s) - grit , index (typography) , institution , test (biology) , medical education , psychology , mathematics education , political science , medicine , social psychology , law , computer science , paleontology , world wide web , biology
When University of Washington officials changed their admissions review process from an indexed one to a more holistic review in 2005, it changed the landscape of the institution. The admissions index, which until 2005 was mandated for use in Washington state, used a student's high school GPA through junior year and standardized test scores to provide applicants with an index number. Institutions would post the threshold at which they accepted applicants.