Conference will 'Rethink' Admissions

Do SATs matter anymore? Is the ACT an accurate measure for college preparedness?
Those questions were raised last fall during the annual NACAC conference, and they will be center stage when Wake Forest University hosts a national conference called "Rethinking Admissions."
The conference, set for April 15-16, will bring together higher ed leaders, economists, sociologists, and others for a debate over the use of standardized testing in college admissions. (Wake Forest was the first top 30 national university to drop the SAT/ACT requirement for undergraduate admissions last May.)
“Higher education has a tremendous responsibility to open our doors wide to those prospective students who can make signal contributions to society with the benefit of a college education,” said Provost Jill Tiefenthaler. “But how do we best identify those most deserving students? The admissions process is supposed to affirm standards of excellence and equity, but we now recognize those very policies and practices deserve our closest scrutiny. Wake Forest’s ‘Rethinking Admissions’ conference brings together leading academicians and higher education experts to discuss these critical questions.”
“Rethinking Admissions” will take place in the Benson University Center and is free and open to the public.