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Recommendation Six
Clarify and simplify the admission process
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Recommendation Six

We Recommend...

that public and private institutions of higher education continue to uphold the highest professional standards in admission and financial aid and collaborate to make the admission process more transparent and less complex.

Core indicators for this recommendation
  • Percentage of Four-Year Colleges with Admission Applications Available Online
    Most Recent Estimate
    As of 2009
    82%
    of four-year colleges report that their application is available online through their website.
    1.1ppts
    2008-09
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  • Percentage of Four-Year Colleges That Accept Admission Applications Online
    Most Recent Estimate
    As of 2009
    75.2%
    Students are able to submit applications online to 75.2 percent of four-year colleges.
    1.8ppts
    2008-09
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  • Percentage of Four-Year Colleges That Participate in National and State Application Systems
    Most Recent Estimate
    As of 2009
    22.8%
    of four-year institutions participate in national application systems that aim to streamline the admission process.
    2.4ppts
    2008-09
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  • Immediate Enrollment Rate of High School Graduates
    Most Recent Estimate
    As of 2008
    68.6%
    of high school completers enroll in a two- or four-year college immediately after completing high school.
    1.4ppts
    2007-08
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New York
utilizes centralized application processing for its SUNY and CUNY systems.
Virginia
designed the AccessUVa program to increase the number of underrepresented, low-income undergraduate students enrolled at the university.
Indiana
guarantees low- and moderate-income students access to higher education through its 21st Century Scholars Program.

How We Assemble Our Indicators

  • The indicators are rigorous
  • The indicators are measureable on a regular basis
  • The indicators have the ability to be disaggregated
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