YCBK 265: How did U of Portland get a 13.4 million dollar shortfall
In this episode you will hear: (25:24) Mark and Vince discuss an article by Sami Edge that appeared on August 31, 2022 in Oregonian entitled: “Record number of 1st year students withdraw from the University of Portland, contributing to 13.4 million shortfall. Vince and Mark discuss how could this happen and what are the implications of this budget shortfall; what implications does this have for other colleges. (41:35) Mark discusses with Lisa several of the reasons why a college will admit a student with a lower GPA and a lower test score over a kid with a higher GPA and a higher test score. (01:04:50) Our interview is with Jon Boeckenstedt, the Vice Provost of Oregon State University . John discusses a range of topics in this final part 4 of 4: Jon gives his opinion on whether it is ethical for a college admission officer to tell a student that they are admissible if they will withhold their test score Jon talks about what he would like to see changed in admissions Jon talks about what he thinks about using Student Search as the starting point for colleges Jon talks about the access vs selectivity Jon goes on the hotseat (01:18:18) The first recommended resource is the quick reference guide for Counselors for admissions to the nine University of California universities. Here is the link: The second recommended resource is the book Jon Bockenstedt says is the best admissions book on college admissions of how college admissions should work: Alden B Thresher’s classic “College Admissions and the common good”. The book was written in 1966 and it looked at MIT’s admission perspective but Chris Peterson of MIT ( an MIT admissions officer we have had on our podcast) reissued this classic book with the 2018 version. MIT is making it available for free. Here is the link: https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/college-admissions-in-the-public-interest/ . Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at for the 28 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. Our interviews are with the following people at the following schools: Confirmed interviews you can still send in questions for our guests: Bard-Mackie Siebens Mercer-Kelly Holloway Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* Washington University St Louis-Ronne Turner University of Wisconsin-Andre Phillips University of Illinois-Andy Borst Purdue University-Mitch Warren University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Akil Bello of Akilbello.com Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology Colorado School of Mines Cornell College Creighton University To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our free quarterly admissions deep-dive, delivered directly to your email , just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign up on the right side of the page under “the Listen to our podcast icons” We are revamping YCBK PLUS and we will have shorter more frequent blog articles that will launch later this fall. 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