College admissions aren’t fair. Could they ever be? Fair Admission is a nine-episode series hosted by Edward Sturm that explores equity in the college admissions process. From systemic racism to standardized testing to the way we make subjective decisions, who gets into college affects all of us—whether we like it or not. From the Daily Free Press.
Latest episodes
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Episode 9: What's Next?
In the final episode of Fair Admission, we ask: what’s next for college admissions? With a full view of the inequities on the path to college, it’s time to hear the answers of expe…
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32 min
Episode 8: Price Tag
After the acceptance letter arrives, questions of access persist. Paying for college is one of the most difficult (and contentious) barriers to higher education. Our exploration of…
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34 min
Episode 7: Competition
College sports and ROTC programs are uniquely competitive and often discussed staples of the college admissions process. When these pathways to college go too far, however, they ha…
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25 min
Episode 6: Subjectivity
Auditioning for college seems like the height of subjectivity. Maybe it is. But admissions are subjective at every level. From essay writing to questions of race and self-worth, un…
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32 min
Episode 5: International
U.S. colleges and universities recruit the global elite, but they often ignore foreign-origin students already in the country. Undocumented students, first-generation Americans, an…
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26 min
Episode 4: Money
The college admissions scandal of 2019 caught CEOs and famous actors in egregious fraud, but maybe the real scandal is a system that you don’t need to break the law to rig. Prefere…
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31 min
Episode 3: Testing
To understand standardized testing, we have to go back in time. Tracing the history of the SAT from its racist origins to its discriminatory impacts today, the imperative for a tes…
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31 min
Episode 2: Diversity
What does diversity really mean? The battle over affirmative action happening in court and on college campuses across the country leads us to question the way that we talk about ra…
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25 min
Episode 1: Fairness
In pursuit of a working definition of fair college admissions, the American ideal of meritocracy is called into question. Host Edward Sturm explores what fairness is (and is not) w…
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Introducing Fair Admission with Edward Sturm
College admissions aren’t fair. Could they ever be? Fair Admission is a nine-episode series hosted by Edward Sturm that explores equity in the college admissions process. From syst…