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EBK: OUR COMPELLING INTERESTS: HIGHER ADMISSIONS

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<P>This book explains how to make American higher education fairer. In the 1930s, American colleges and universities began to screen applications using the SAT, a mass-administered, IQ-descended standardized test. The widespread adoption of the test accompanied the development of the world’s first mass higher education system—and served to promote the idea that the United States was becoming a <Q>meritocracy</Q> in which admission to selective higher education institutions would be granted to those who most deserved it. In this book, the author reflects on the state of America’s aspirational meritocracy and the enduring value and meaning of standardized testing. He writes that the anticipation of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision banning affirmative action, plus the Covid pandemic, led hundreds of universities to stop requiring standardized admissions tests; now many colleges and universities are reinstituting test requirements. The country is preoccupied with the admissions policies of the most selective universities, but the author redirects our attention to an alternate path that American higher education could have taken and can still take—one that emphasizes selective admission less and a significant upgrade of the entire higher education system more. Lemann argues that to improve the state of higher education overall, we should focus not on the narrow chokepoint of admission to highly selective colleges, but on efforts to create as much meaningful opportunity for flourishing in our vast higher education system for as many people as possible. The book includes thoughtful and challenging responses from Marvin Krislov, Patricia Gándara, and Prudence Carter.</P>

Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing

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Higher Admissions: The Rise, Decline, and Return of Standardized Testing