Rebecca Zwick
Rebecca Zwick is a professor emerita at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California at Santa Barbara and was formerly a researcher at ETS. She is the author of Who Gets In? Strategies for Fair and Effective College Admissions (Harvard University Press, 2017).
Stories by this Author
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The Review | EssayWe’re Looking at Merit the Wrong Way
Our focus on individual excellence leads admissions astray. -
The Review
The Case Against Admissions Lotteries
The radical idea is appealing in theory but useless in practice. -
The Review
The Risks of Focusing on Character in Admissions
Consider both the ethical implications and the technical challenges of including “grit” on a checklist of attributes. -
The Review
Transparency in College Admissions Is Key to a Fair Policy on Race
Colleges should be allowed to use preferences for underrepresented minorities — and to do so explicitly.
