Webinars, Trainings, and Tools

This guide provides insights into the values, logic and rigor behind effective holistic review in higher education admissions. The guide discusses key features and elements of well-designed holistic review policy development and process management.

This presentation is designed to frame key questions and suggest key evidence that can guide institutional deliberation and action for advancing education goals associated with diversity (2018).

The evidence guide provides an actionable roadmap—framing key questions, suggesting key kinds of evidence, and pointing to illustrative sources—that can guide institutional deliberation and action for advancing education goals associated with student diversity. The guide is a resource for institutions where race is a consideration in enrollment decisions, as well as for institutions where such practices may be prohibited. (2017)

The document provides key takeaways from the majority opinion and that of the dissent. It also offers a “Guide to Action” for institutions reviewing their mission-driven diversity enrollment goals and practices (2016).

A review of research findings and policy implications for colleges and universities pursuing mission-driven diversity and inclusion goals. (2016)

A guide to assist institutions of higher education in evaluating race- and ethnicity-neutral policies in support of the mission-related diversity goals. (2014)

An Access & Diversity Collaborative policy and communications guide prepared to help higher education institutions and organizations prepare for the United States Supreme Court's upcoming Fisher v. University of Texas decision. (2013)

This publication provides school boards, school district leaders, district staff, community leaders, and parents with practical guidance on policy issues associated with student diversity. (2011)

Provides a tool to help college and university leaders understand how to structure their recruitment, outreach, and retention programs in a manner that best achieves their diversity-related goals and minimizes legal risk. (2005)

Provides a framework to help structure and inform institution-specific reviews of race- and ethnicity-conscious financial aid and scholarship policies. (2005)

A practical tool for higher education leaders that helps guide institutional decisions regarding diversity and the use of race and ethnicity in the admission selection process. (2006)

Provides practical guidance for public school districts stemming from U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education. (2007)

The document provides key takeaways from the majority opinion and that of the dissent. It also offers a “Guide to Action” for institutions reviewing their mission-driven diversity enrollment goals and practices (2016).

Preliminary Q&A on the decision and its possible implications (2016)

This presentation was designed to do a brief overview of key elements of the US Supreme Court's ruling in the Fisher v. UT Austin case. (2016).

A policy and legal “syllabus” for diversity programs at colleges and universities. (2015)

An Access & Diversity Collaborative policy and communications guide prepared to help higher education institutions and organizations prepare for the United States Supreme Court's upcoming Fisher v. University of Texas decision. (2013)

Key steps for higher education institutions to consider in preparation for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Fisher v. University of Texas. (2013)

Provides guidance to institutions on access and diversity policy development through the use of model institutional policies. (2010)

Intended to help institutions in their efforts to lawfully achieve the educational benefits of diversity on their campuses through the use of a combination of objectively measurable race-neutral practices. (2008)

Presentation: This webinar outlines issues relevant to the federal court’s September 30, 2019 decision in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard.