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Alexandra Chang

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Alex Chang is a PhD student in the Culture, Institutions, and Society Concentration at HGSE. Her primary research interests sit at the intersection of philosophy of education and teacher education, particularly around questions of how teachers and...

Justin Hauver

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Justin Hauver is a former teacher and current PhD student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where his research aims to support liberatory pedagogies, study how teachers and students live their values in every decision, and understand how our...

Nicolás Riveros

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Nicolás is a Ph.D. student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He has participated in a wide range of educational projects in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States. Before his doctoral studies, he worked as Technical Adviser...

Entering High School

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While many hold the widely accepted view that the only legitimate basis for college and university admissions decisions is individual merit, a closer examination suggests that merit itself may well rest on facts about a student that have more to do with...

Making the College List

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For many students, 11th grade marks the year they begin seriously researching the colleges they will apply to. Many of these students, and their parents too, feel an urgency to get into an elite university because they believe this will determine their...

Preparing the Application

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At this point, family expenditures on students often become more specific to the college admissions process. For instance, families may hire SAT tutors, or they may find a college counselor to help their child with their application essays and interview...

A Note on Donations

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Some particularly wealthy families are able to donate large sums of money to universities, donations that can be hard for admissions committees to ignore when making their decisions. Although legal, these donations raise significant ethical questions...

Inside the Admissions Committee

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Family expenditures throughout high school can affect a student’s college acceptance prospects.However, once the application is sitting before admissions officers, colleges and universities have the opportunity to address some of the disparities in the...

Closing the Gap

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A number of scholars have proposed comprehensive strategies for reforming the college admissions process, ranging from the bold to the truly radical. The following articles explore some of these ideas. Fishkin, Joseph. Bottlenecks . Oxford University...