Redefining Merit Through New Routines: Holistic Admissions Policy Implementation in Graduate Education

被引:3
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作者
Posselt, Julie [1 ]
Southern, Deborah [2 ,3 ]
Hernandez, Theresa [4 ]
Desir, Steve [5 ]
Alleyne, Fatima [6 ]
Miller, Casey W. [7 ]
机构
[1] Univ Southern Calif, Grad Sch, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Educ, Los Angeles, CA USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Ralph J Bunche Ctr African Amer Studies, Los Angeles, CA USA
[4] Northern Arizona Univ Yuma, Yuma, AZ USA
[5] Univ Southern Calif, Rossier Sch Educ, Los Angeles, CA USA
[6] Amer Phys Soc, Ridge, NY 11961 USA
[7] Rochester Inst Technol, Coll Sci, Rochester, NY USA
关键词
admissions; equity; organizational change; higher education; faculty development; AFFIRMATIVE-ACTION BANS; ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES; RACIAL DIVERSITY; GENDER BIAS; HIGH-SCHOOL; FACULTY; STUDENTS; IMPACT; PERSONALITY; DISCIPLINE;
D O I
10.3102/01623737231201612
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Despite a growing body of research on the outcomes of holistic admissions and eliminating standardized test score requirements throughout education, few have documented how organizations transition to holistic review. Implementation, however, may help explain variation in impacts of holistic admissions. This article draws upon theories of organizational routines to examine adoption of holistic review in 13 STEM PhD programs from five universities. We conducted 60- to 90-min interviews with admissions leaders, including a COVID-19 transcript review activity. Data reveal change is multilevel, involving new policy/structural, practice/cultural, and cognitive/interpretive routines, which carry promise for disrupting institutionalized inequities where the politics of changing these routines can be managed. We discuss implications for policy, organizational practice, and future research on academic evaluations.
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页码:159 / 184
页数:26
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