Interview 222: Andy Strickler on “How Admissions Decisions are Changing”

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- Andy talks about the war and assault that colleges are facing about the Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Initiative
- Andy shares why the administration at Columbia conceded to the demands that they make the policy changes they were requested to make
- Andy talks about how their general counsel has advised them to interpret the affirmative action decision
- Andy talks about the fear of colleges losing institutional autonomy
- Andy talks about the importance of affinity groups
- Andy and Mark discuss several potential admission changes due to financial pressures
- Andy and Mark discuss colleges expanding their class size
- Andy and Mark discuss colleges getting more aggressive in their use of merit money
- Andy and Mark converse about how colleges will utilize wait lists this year?
- Andy and Mark discuss changes in how Early Decision is being used
- Andy and Mark discuss whether more public colleges will embrace ED
- Andy and Mark discuss the pros of using a third party to help you with your predictive modeling
- Andy and Mark discuss what an affinity score is and how they play a role in admissions decisions