Today, a growing number of North American postsecondary institutions are incorporating the use of noncogntive variables into their admissions process. Why is there more and more interest in utilizing these non-academic variables? It’s all about success! The results at those colleges and universities that have added these measures to their admissions requirements are showing strong correlations to student’s academic success, persistence, and graduation.
To understand what non-cognitive variables are; understand the research and legal support of using non-cognitive variables; and implement holistic admissions to improve retention, attend the session Holistic Admissions/Predictive Retention: Effectively Applying Non-cognitive Variables at the AACRAO Strategic Enrollment Management Conference in Los Angeles, October 26 - 29, 2014. For more information on the AACRAO SEM Conference, please visit http://www.aacrao.org/professional-development/meetings/current-meetings/2014-aacrao-sem-conference. Interested in knowing more about holistic admissions and noncognitive variables in the admission process? Please contact presenter and AACRAO Managing Consulting Michele Sandlin at consulting@aacrao.org or (202) 355-1056.