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Category Archives: Commentary (2000-2004)
Undergraduate Admissions Process
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
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Memo to Board of Regents
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
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Letter to Board of Regents on Undergraduate Admissions Process
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
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UW‘s Top-Secret Admissions Process Revealed: UW Holds Minority Applicants to a Lower Standard
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
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What UW Doesn’t Tell Us About Diversity
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
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Letter to Board of Regents Commenting on Chancellor Wiley’s Letter
May 4, 2001This response to Chancellor Wiley’s April 6, 2001 memo is quite straightforward. My March 26 letter to the Regents pointed out what is known as the disparate impact of race-based policies, in this case, as applied to UW-Madison … Continue reading
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Letter to the Board of Regents from Chancellor Wiley Rebutting Hansen Letter
April 6, 2001Recently, you received yet another letter from Professor Emeritus Lee Hansen, dated March 26, 2001. In this letter, and in all his previous letters, op-ed pieces, letters to the editor, and public utterances on the subject of UW-Madison … Continue reading
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Letter to the Board of Regents on UW-Madison Admission Brochure
March 26, 2001Now that Wisconsin state legislators are asking for information on University practices, it is necessary to look at the plain facts of diversity admissions. The UW-Madison 2001-2002 application brochure provides a framework for understanding the University’s dilemma. In … Continue reading
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End Racial Profiling in College Admissions
Letter to the Editor reprinted from the Wisconsin State Journal, April 4, 2001What do racial profiling and racial preference in college admission have in common? (“The long arm of racial profiling” and “Lawmakers want UW data,” Saturday, March 24). Racial … Continue reading
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UW Report on Admissions Fails to Deliver Race Justification
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 →