{"id":73373,"date":"2020-12-16T09:19:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=73373"},"modified":"2020-12-16T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:44:00","slug":"re-college-admissions-hhmmm-heres-an-interesting-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/12\/16\/re-college-admissions-hhmmm-heres-an-interesting-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Re: college admissions: Hhmmm&#8230;.here&#8217;s an interesting idea."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/can-algorithms-save-college-admissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-73376 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MatchingAlgorithms-RosenbergDec2020.jpg\" alt=\"Can algorithms save college admissions?\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MatchingAlgorithms-RosenbergDec2020.jpg 812w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MatchingAlgorithms-RosenbergDec2020-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MatchingAlgorithms-RosenbergDec2020-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/can-algorithms-save-college-admissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Can Algorithms Save College Admissions?<\/strong> <\/a> &#8212; from chronicle.com by Brian Rosenberg<br \/>\n<em>We\u2019ve tried a system based on competition long enough. It isn\u2019t working.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Here is an alternative and much more radical proposal: <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>What if<\/strong> we replaced the current and longstanding admissions process among private colleges with a match process, similar to what has for years been used to match medical-school graduates with residency and fellowship positions?<\/span> What if, in other words, we used data and algorithms instead of travel, merit aid, and free food to drive college admissions?<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Love the <strong>&#8220;What if&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong> thinking here and the spirit of innovation behind it. <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I wonder if <strong>AI <\/strong>and<strong> cloud-based learner profiles<\/strong> might play into something like this in the future&#8230;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stradaeducation.org\/uncategorized\/7-ways-to-make-college-admissions-more-equitable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>7 Ways To Make College Admissions More Equitable<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from stradaeducation.org by Patty Reinert Mason and Jeff Selingo<br \/>\n<em>Is it time to reconsider early-decision applications, legacy preferences, and reliance on feeder high schools?<br \/>\n<\/em>Selingo offers these practical steps colleges and universities can take to make admissions more equitable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eliminate early-decision applications.<\/li>\n<li>Be upfront about what you\u2019re looking for in this year\u2019s incoming class so students and parents have the information they need.<\/li>\n<li>Be transparent about what it costs to study at your school.<\/li>\n<li>Look beyond traditional \u201cfeeder high schools\u201d for recruitment, creating opportunity for a more diverse group of students.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce preferences given to athletes and legacies.<\/li>\n<li>Rethink application requirements to put more emphasis on high school coursework and grades and less on extracurriculars, recommendations, and essays.<\/li>\n<li>Expand the size of freshman classes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fierceeducation.com\/administration\/attention-administrators-more-flexibility-online-course-schedules-results-higher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Attention Administrators: More Flexibility in Online\/Course Schedules Results in Higher Enrollment<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from fierceeducation.comby Jacqueline Renfrow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can Algorithms Save College Admissions? &#8212; from chronicle.com by Brian Rosenberg We\u2019ve tried a system based on competition long enough. It isn\u2019t working. Excerpt (emphasis DSC): Here is an alternative and much more radical proposal: What if we replaced the current and longstanding admissions process among private colleges with a match process, similar to what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[356,61,115,302,298,36,3,419,180,482,432,17,228,79,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-business-side-of-he","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-data-related-items","category-future-of-higher-education","category-higher-education","category-ideas-teaching","category-innovation","category-intelligent-systems","category-learner-profiles","category-learning-agents","category-learning-preferences","category-liberal-arts","category-universities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73373"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73381,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73373\/revisions\/73381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}