the nuts and bolts of holistic review
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The Nuts and Bolts of Holistic Review
Amy AddamsDirector, Competency-Based AdmissionsAAMCHolistic Review in Nursing Workshop
March 23, 2016
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Holistic Review: Working with and through others
2003-04: Cohen
challenge
2005-06:AAMC
Medical School Admissions Workshop
Working Group(SMAE/EMAE)
2007:Advisory Cmte. on Holistic Review
2008:1st publication in Roadmap
series
2011:Holistic Review in Admissions:
Challenging Conventional Thinking and
Practice Workshops
2010:2nd
publication in Roadmap
series
2013:3rd
publication in Roadmap
series
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Holistic Review Core Principle
Race and ethnicity may be considered as factors when making admission-related decisions only when• such consideration is narrowly
tailored to achieve mission-related educational interests and goals associated with student diversity, and;
• when considered among a broader mix of factors such as personal attributes, experiential factors, demographics, or other considerations.
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Legal and policy resources
• AAMC Roadmaps Roadmap to Excellence: Key
Legal and Educational Policy Foundations for Medical Schools, 2nd edition
Roadmap to Excellence: Key Concepts for Evaluating the Impact of Medical School Holistic Admissions
• College Board Access & Diversity Initiative http://diversitycollaborative.collegeboard.org/
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Activity 2: Developing an admissions mission statement
1. Review the profile of a fictional nursing school located on your table.
2. As a group, develop a mission statement for admissions that includes diversity and addresses the school’s needs.
3. Develop one statement per table.
4. Select someone to share your result with the room.
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Lessons learned
• The expertise is on the ground
• Peer-to-peer learning is critical
• Frameworks have to be operational and actionable
• Important to work directly with the decision makers
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Lessons learned
• National data are important; institutional data are essential
• Holistic review = continuous quality improvement
• Requires a systems-level perspective
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• Inclusive instructional strategies
• Broad success measures
• Screening• Interviewing• Selection
INSTITUTIONAL MISSION
Executive Leadership
Alignment Across the Continuum
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Common characteristics of successful schools
• Institutional readiness
• Individual readiness
• The right people at the table
• Commitment and engagement on part of key stakeholders
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The most successful schools…
• Understood and approached holistic review as more than an admissions project.
• Perceived, planned, and implemented it from the perspective of an important institutional change initiative
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Kotter’s Accelerate 8-step Process for Leading Change
http://www.kotterinternational.com/the-8-step-process-for-leading-change/
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