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The Educated Reporter: The College Admissions 'Match' Game: Should Preference Play Role in the Process?

The Educated Reporter: The College Admissions 'Match' Game: Should Preference Play Role in the Process?:

The College Admissions 'Match' Game: Should Preference Play Role in the Process?



EWA held its annual Higher Education Seminar recently at Boston's Northeastern University. We invited some of the education journalists in attendance to contribute posts from the sessions. Today's guest blogger is Brian McVicar of the Grand Rapids Press. For more content from the seminar, including stories, podcasts, video, check out EdMedia Commons

As demographic shifts change the size – and racial profile – of high school graduation classes, one debate in higher education will continue to swirl: Do the admission processes at colleges and universities promote diversity?

It was a question tackled during “Getting In: The Debate Continues,” one of several panels at EWA’s 2013 Higher Education Seminar last month at Northeastern University which examined what demographic