This edited book brings together leading scholars to share ongoing research on the diffusion of holistic admissions practices around the world. Many countries have adopted holistic admissions practices, and some have used them for incoming students for over two decades, but these developments have been rarely noted in policy and media discussions about university admissions. Chapters in this volume explore the similar challenges global institutions face related to college access, admissions transparency, and the potential for corruption, and how their admissions practices affect equity, access, and student diversity. Translating a body of existing transnational research, this volume provides strategies that higher education scholars, policymakers, and practitioners can use to improve admissions practices and policies in global contexts.
Table of Contents:
List of Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1: Holistic Admissions: Global Drivers, Global Pitfalls
Michael Bastedo, University of Michigan
Chapter 2: From Massification to Policies Representing Social Diversity: Contribution to a Non-American Centered Socio-History of Holistic Admission Processes
Gaële Goastellec, University of Lausanne
Chapter 3: Institutional Admission Programs for Equity in Chile
Veronica Santelices and Ximena Catalan, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chapter 4: Challenges of Equity and Contextual Admissions in Australian Higher Education
Andrew Harvey, Lucy Campion, and Rebecca Wren, Griffith University
Chapter 5: Is Masking Information a Path to Equity? Examining the Gogyo Blind Policy in Korean Holistic Admissions
Bo-Kyung Byun and Michael Bastedo, University of Michigan
Chapter 6: Translating Holistic Review across Borders: The Case of Doctoral Student Selection
Julie Posselt, Paul Wakeling, and Bukola Olinyole, USC and University of York
Chapter 7: The Creation and Implementation of a Dual-Admissions System in Taiwan: Old Wine in New Wineskins
Yi-Lin Chiang and Jaap Nieuwenhuis, NYU-Shanghai and University of Groningen
Chapter 8: Rewarding Traditional or New Forms of Cultural Capital? The Introduction of Holistic Admissions at a French Elite Higher Education Institution
Marine Haddad and Agnès van Zanten, Sciences Po - Paris
Chapter 9: Holistic Admissions at World-Class Universities in Hong Kong
Yabing Liu and Anatoly V. Oleksiyenko, Education University of Hong Kong
Chapter 10: Contextual Admissions in English Higher Education: A Discussion of the Policy Context and Implementation
Joanne Moore and Anna Mountford-Zimdars, University of Exeter
Chapter 11: The Evolution of Admissions Policies in Singapore’s Higher Education System
Kelvin K.C. Seah and Jessica Pan, University of Singapore
