The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success has expanded its membership criteria, the group announced in an email to college counselors on Monday. The new standards could allow a more-diverse array of colleges to start using the new shared admission application as early as next year.
In an interview with The Chronicle, Annie Reznik, the organization’s executive director, said representatives from several member institutions had expressed concerns about “gaps” in the group’s requirements. Previously, for instance, only colleges with a six-year graduation rate of at least 70 percent could join the club, which factored out many institutions serving large numbers of low-income and underrepresented students.
Now, a graduation rate of at least 60 percent is listed among “minimum qualifying criteria,” and a graduation rate of at least 70 percent is listed under “membership eligibility.” A college that graduates fewer than 70 percent of students still could be eligible for membership, however, if it meets other benchmarks for access and affordability.
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/coalition-expands-eligibility-criteria-for-shared-admissions-application/115339