Resources

Browse our resources including recent research studies, blogs, and media from our projects and members of the CAF co-lab.

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$1.4M Gates Foundation Award to Study National Effect of Test-Optional Admissions
Admissions as a Game of Chance? New Research Says Lotteries Could Decrease Diversity
Test Optional Offers Benefits But It’s Not Enough
In a Pandemic, Test-Optional Admissions is Necessary but Insufficient
What if We Leave It Up to Chance? Admissions Lotteries and Equitable Access at Selective Colleges
The Test-Optional Movement at America’s Selective Liberal Arts Colleges: A Boon for Equity or Something Else?
The Role of Selective College Admissions Criteria in Interrupting or Reproducing Racial and Economic inequities
Exploring the Impact of Test-Flexible Admissions on Law School Diversity and Selectivity
A Product of Prestige?: “Race Unknown” and Competitive Admissions in the United States
Mobilizing Social Science Research to Inform Judicial Decision-Making: SFFA v. Harvard
Interest Convergence or Divergence?: A Critical Race Analysis of Asian Americans, Meritocracy, and Critical Mass in the Affirmative Action Debate
Toppling Testing? COVID-19, Test-Optional College Admissions, and Implications for Equity
Should State Universities Downplay the SAT?
How Does Race-conscious Holistic Admissions Work in the Post-Fisher v. University of Texas (2016) era?