S2E1

2.1: Selective Schools and Holistic Admissions

September 7, 2023 · 27:32

We're back! Welcome back to the World of Higher Education, Season 2. In this episode, Alex Usher is joined by one of his favourite authors, Jeff Selingo, author of Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions. If you’re not American, listen hard to this podcast. Drink in all the weird details about the admissions process, and the amount of effort selective institutions put into identifying things which are not academic achievement but which are nevertheless similarly correlated to wealth and privilege. Have a listen.

Book:
Jeff Selingo, Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions

Related Past Podcast Episode:
WorldEd 1.18: Admissions, Affirmative Action, and SCOTUS

SPEC 2023:
The State of Postsecondary Education in Canada, 2023

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Creators and Guests

Host

Alex Usher

He/Him. President, Higher Education Strategy Associates

Guest

Jeff Selingo

NYT bestselling author. Bylines: @NYTimes @NYMag @TheAtlantic @WSJ. Advisor, @ASU. Founder, @AcademyHigherEd. Editor, Next newsletter. Co-host, @futureupodcast.

Producer

Samantha Pufek

She/Her. Graphic Designer, Higher Education Strategy Associates

Producer

Tiffany MacLennan

She/Her. Research Associate, Higher Education Strategy Associates

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2.1: Selective Schools and Holistic Admissions

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