TY - JOUR
AB -   Holistic review is widely practiced in graduate admissions. However, despite
  its prevalence, there is a need to understand how practitioners approach
  holistic graduate admissions, how its practice relates to institutional
  priorities, and its potential implications for equitable access to graduate
  education. This exploratory mixed method study captures the perspectives of
  graduate enrollment management (GEM) professionals on the (a) consideration of
  applicants’ personal attributes for evaluating their potential for graduate
  degree completion, and (b) alignment between applicants’ personal attributes
  with strategic institutional priorities. Applicants’ professionalism and
  integrity were reported most important when evaluating applicants’ potential
  for graduate degree completion. Applicants’ multicultural competency was
  reported most important for the institutional priority of increasing graduate
  student diversity. Participants’ overarching perception of holistic review was
  that it provides important flexibility during the application evaluation
  process. Implications for practice are discussed including the need for
  institutions to (a) make the consideration of applicants’ personal attributes
  transparent to applicants by defining the attributes and aligning required
  application materials to these attributes and (b) create internal
  methodologies to ensure reliable and consistent evaluation of applications.

AU - Joseph H. Paris and Jake D. Winfield
CY - Washington, DC
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EP - 
IS - 4
J1 - Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly
J2 - SEMQ
JA - SEM Quarterly
JF - Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly
JO - Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly
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LA - EN
SP - 
T1 - Exploring Institutional Rationales for Holistic Review in Graduate Admissions
UR - exploring-institutional-rationales-for-holistic-review-in-graduate-admissions
VL - 
Y1 - 2024/1/24
Y2 - 2024/5/13
ER -