Ep. 90: Out, Damned Test! — An Educated Guess

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EQ: Should Universities that adopted test-optional practices due to Covid maintain these policies in the post Covid world?

Guest: Mallory Torgerson-Preuitt (torgersm@seattleu.edu) has worked in Higher Ed for 10+ years in a variety of positions and is currently the Associate Director of Transfer Admissions at Seattle University. She has spent her career focusing on accessibility to higher education and working to change the review process for transfer applicants to focus on counseling and advising.

Our conversation today focuses on test optional Universities and ultimately its role in equity and access to higher ed. We are joined by Mallory Torgerson-Preuitt, who opens the conversation by sharing her own journey to her higher education admissions work, focusing on how she didn’t find the right fit immediately, and how she stepped into her own during her time at a Community College. The discussion then moves into how Seattle University moved to a test optional model, even before Covid hit. The conversation hits on access and equity to test prep, testing sites, preparation, transportation and equitable rigor. We make the case for why Universities should consider keeping their Covid test optional policies in place for long after Covid leaves.

Related Links:

85% of the 100 Liberal Arts Colleges become testing optional

Test Optional Admissions Movement

Champagne and Real Pain:

🥂The court transcripts re: Election 2020

🥂 All the admissions and high school counselors who are working their tail off during the Covid times
👎🏻 The White House refusing to answer the public's questions during a pandemic.

👎🏻Those election lawyers who are fighting for the election fraud angle. Shame Bell on getting State abbreviations wrong.

👎🏻All of the people that are not following Covid guidelines and being good community members.

Do Your Fudging Homework:

Hope/Megan: Read and tweet about Caste! Read with some friends.
Mallory: The Daily Podcast. Really good digestible news.