Author Archives: W. Lee Hansen

Reprint from the The Capital Times, March 12, 2003Understanding the UW-Madison‘s admission policy for undergraduate minority students is difficult. Campus officials are reluctant to describe in detail how the admission process works. When they do speak about it, their descriptions … Continue reading →

Reprint from the Wisconsin State Journal, March 2, 2002Faculty members, students, and the general public finally have a better chance to understand how affirmative action and race/ethnic preferences affect minority student admission and enrollment at UW-Madison. Several secrets of campus … Continue reading →

Letter to the Editor reprinted from The Daily Cardinal, September 5, 2001Should UW-Madison be permitted to continue using race/ethnicity in evaluating applicants for admission? That question confronts the Board of Regents at this week’s meeting. The campus position is laid … Continue reading →

Letter to the Editor reprinted from the Wisconsin State Journal, September 5, 2001The mysteries of deciding which applicants to admit to UW-Madison may be revealed at this week’s Board of Regents meeting. Not that much can be learned from a … Continue reading →

Guest column reprinted from the Wisconsin State Journal, September 4, 2001[Note: What follows includes a paragraph the Wisconsin State Journal cut out to meet its space requirements; it is the third paragraph of the Guest Column as it appears below.] … Continue reading →

By Rob Seltzer, Ph.D., Director of Admissions, University of Wisconsin-Madison, July 6, 2001 In Brief single review process applications reviewed individually, holistically no formulas, minimum grade-point average, or test score cutoffs review all academic and non-academic factors look for student’s … Continue reading →

Observations on the Report “Undergraduate Admissions Process”: A Document Prepared for the Board of Regents by UW-Madison Admissions Director Rob Seltzer, dated July 6, 2001 Memo dated August 28, 2001Will campus administrators succeed in defending UW-Madison’s undergraduate admissions process at … Continue reading →

August 28, 2001In anticipation of the next Board meeting’s agenda item on the admissions process at UW-Madison, I am sending my observations on the July 6, 2001 report submitted by UW-Madison Admissions Director Rob Seltzer. The Seltzer report does not, … Continue reading →

OpEd essay reprinted from the Badger Herald, June 28, 2001Now that Wisconsin state legislators are joining others in asking for information on university admission practices, it is necessary to look at the plain facts of diversity admissions. The UW-Madison 2001-02 … Continue reading →

Reprint from the Badger Herald, May 10, 2001Now that Wisconsin state legislators are joining others in asking for information on University admission practices, it is necessary to look at the plain facts of diversity admissions. The UW-Madison 2001-2002 undergraduate application … Continue reading →