CERPP Conference 2014-Defining Merit: The Nexus of Mission, Excellence and Diversity
January 15-17, 2014 (Los Angeles, CA)
The CERPP Conference this year explored how the mission and purpose of a college or university should guide the consideration of personal accomplishments and characteristics beyond the SAT and high school grades. How can doing so inform decision makers which students are most likely to contribute to and benefit from its unique mission and purpose? Which of these factors portend success in the classroom, in careers, and in building a strong democratic society? How may K-12 education change if colleges signal greater emphasis and value on characteristics for success in a more complex and interdependent society?
Over 160 participants, comprised of leading graduate and undergraduate admission deans, campus enrollment policy makers, higher education scholars, K-12 educators, and state and federal policy makers, came together for Defining Merit: The Nexus of Mission, Excellence, and Diversity.
2014 Conference
College admissions officers ask: What is merit? Merrill Balassone, USC News (1/22/14)
Want to define merit? Good luck. Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education (1/17/14)
Interview with Jerry Lucido. Conan Nolan, NBC News-KNBC-TV (1/17/14)
Who defines merit? Scott Jascik, Inside Higher Ed (1/17/14)
Colleges must do more to cultivate talent, one campus leader says. Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education (1/16/14)
Please click on each day for the conference blog, which provides a summary of each session. All available presentations are linked to as PDFs.
Day 1: Conference Blog- A Map of Opportunity
- Nancy Cantor, Chancellor, Rutgers University-Newark
- On the Meaning of Merit
- Harry Brighouse, Professor of Philosophy and Affiliate Professor of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Translating the Mission in Student Selection
- Jenny Rickard, Vice President for Enrollment, University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington
- Richard H. Shaw, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Stanford University
- Ted Spencer, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions, University of Michigan
- Merit and the Role of College Admission
- Frederick (Ted) Hill, Headmaster, Chadwick School
- Gary Meunier, School Counselor, Weston High School, CT
- Dixie Ross, Lead Teacher for Advanced Placement Mathematics, Pflugerville High School, TX
- Transforming the Dialogue on Merit
- Art Coleman, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Education Counsel LLC
- A Diversity Action Blueprint (College Board, 2010)
Sponsors
We gratefully acknowledge our sponsors whose generosity made Defining Merit: The Nexus of Mission, Excellence, and Diversity possible:
- ETS
- The College Board
- Hobsons
- International Baccalaureate Organization
- Rossier School of Education
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