Early Assurance Programs (EAP) are routes for undergraduate college students to secure a spot in medical school before the traditional application cycle. Over a dozen medical schools currently offer this route to medical school, but with some EAPs only open…
Equity of Access
Federal Work-Study: Keeping Equity in Mind
Federal Work-Study (FWS) seeks to “stimulate and promote the part-time employment of students in institutions of higher education who are from low-income families and are in need of the earnings from such employment to pursue courses of study at such…
Diversity Through Affirmative Action
Similar to the Common Application, early and need-blind admissions, affirmative action as an admissions policy started to gain attention in the late 1970s/1980s. However, affirmative action deviated in how it gained notoriety as an admissions strategy. A case brought before…
Education & Affirmative Action: Setting the Context
The Emergence of Affirmative Action1 Prior to affirmative action’s modern-day connotation associated with education which emerged during the civil rights movement, the term is first referenced in the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. The National Labor Relations Act was…
What Need-Blind Needs
Need-blind admissions is a policy whereby an applicant’s ability to pay for college is not considered during the admissions process. When an institution is known to have a need-blind admissions policy, it signals a commitment to achieving greater diversity in…
The Early Advantage
Our present day understanding of early admissions can be traced back to a shift in US News’ university ranking system in the late 1980s. This seemingly small shift incentivized universities to adopt early admission programs in the hopes of impacting…
A Common Thread
The Common App first moved online in 1998 and since then has had a profound impact on the higher ed application landscape. For one, it has been extremely beneficial in terms of making the application process more accessible to a…
The Admissions Process
The Hub for Equity and Innovation in Higher Education explores the entirety of a student’s educational arc. The impetus for this research is to inform Georgetown on best practices as they relate to expanding the diversity of students who have…
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