Future Students

Just received a comment from “Matt” on our Times They Are A Changin’ post. It is quite long so I’ll post an excerpt here. You can get Matt’s entire comment by clicking the link below.
It is readily apparent that lesser universities are against the SAT primarily because it is an objective measure [...]

There has been considerable buzz in the higher ed world the last couple of weeks about the way standardized tests are used in university admissions. Basically, the talk for years has been that the College Board’s “SAT” and ACT Organization’s “ACT” are out of touch with their core purpose of measuring a students readiness [...]

START Bilingüe, a collaborative program led by OSU’s New Student Programs and Family Outreach office, was held on June 29th and 30th. Bilingüe served over eighty students and family members this year.
The primary focus of the Bilingüe program is to provide OSU information in Spanish to Spanish speaking families so that they [...]

Just got an email from Dr. Terryl Ross, Director of the Office of Community and Diversity, announcing the 2008 NAME (National Association for Multicultural Education) Conference.
From their flier:
This conference provides a forum for discussion by teachers, teacher educators and school administrators on the subjects of diversity, culture, equity and justice. Keynote addresses, presentations, [...]

The OSU Admissions Blog staff have been getting a ton of questions and comments regarding last year’s African American Leadership Conference which was held on the OSU Campus and how to attend this year’s event. Because we love our readers and answering your questions…Here are the five “W’s” regarding this year’s conference:
What: Second (2nd) AAYLC
(African [...]

Oregon State University Admissions just received another ’shout out’ surrounding our holistic admissions policy.

Peter Sacks, author of Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education, spoke in an interview posted on Inside Higher Ed.com:
Q: Are there colleges doing the right thing to open their gates?
A: Yes, I believe there are some colleges [...]

Michele Sandlin, Director of Admission at Oregon State University, presented on OSU’s holistic admissions policy at the annual national conference of AACRAO. Published by Scott Jaschik (who attended the session and published the story the following day) from Inside Higher Ed.com:
In holistic admissions, colleges evaluating applicants replace grids of grades and test scores with [...]