Exploring Test-Optional Admissions

In recent years, especially during the pandemic, the consideration and implementation of test-optional admissions policies continue to increase. As a result, the spring issue of C&U takes a closer look at the test-optional movement. 

In a feature article, Christina Pellegrino provides qualitative and quantitative analysis of the impact of test-optional policies on enrollment at national universities. In addition, for the first time in recent C&U history, the leaders of ACT and The College Board, in two interviews, share their perspectives on testing and the college admissions process. Other articles focused on this theme include Julia Trowbridge’s A Barrier-Free Path to Going Test-Optional and Exploring and Communicating Data for Test-Optional Decisions by Steven S. Graunke, Michele J. Hansen, Errol Wint, and Matthew Moody.

This issue also includes:

• The Pathway Toward the Institutionalization of Enrollment Management by Alexandra Cannell Wendt, Donald Hossler, John Braxton, and Wendy Kilgore
• AACRAO Research: A Year in Review 2021 by Wendy Kilgore
• Math’s Impact on College Admissions: Reasons to Consider A Policy Change by Kenneth McGhee
• Managing the Challenges of Remaining Open during a Pandemic by Rodney Parks, Prudence Layne, Alexander Taylor, and Casey Hayes

In addition, authors review The Agile University: How Institutions Successfully Navigate Demographic Changes, The Demographic Drought, and Netflix’s Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal. 

For more information on submitting an article to a future issue of C&U, contact Managing Editor Heather Zimar