Admissions Officers as Street-Level Bureaucrats: Exercising Discretion to Enact Competing Conceptions of Equity
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Published online on October 29, 2025
Abstract
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Ahead of Print.
Selective higher education institutions around the world are increasingly adopting holistic admissions practices—making it crucial to understand how admissions personnel make decisions, with what consequences for access and equity. Based on 51 interviews ...
Selective higher education institutions around the world are increasingly adopting holistic admissions practices—making it crucial to understand how admissions personnel make decisions, with what consequences for access and equity. Based on 51 interviews ...