Making a Pecan Pie: Understanding and Supporting The Holistic Review Process in Admissions
Making a Pecan Pie: Understanding and Supporting The Holistic Review Process in Admissions
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制作山核桃派：理解和支持招生的整体审查过程
DOI：
10.1145/3274438
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发表时间：
2018
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通讯作者：
He, Shuai
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作者：
Talkad Sukumar, Poorna;Metoyer, Ronald;He, Shuai
全面评估是美国大学在做出招生决定时采用的一种常见做法。这是一个个性化的审查过程，审查者通过考虑各种标准来评估申请者的潜力，包括学术指标、面临的逆境和个人属性。虽然在这类综述中考虑的因素是众所周知的，但现有文献中缺乏对这一过程的详细介绍。这对于了解实践中所做的工作以及确定技术干预的机会以支持复杂和不断变化的进程十分重要。我们使用认知任务分析和社会组织方法来理解一所高度选择性的私立大学的整体审查过程。我们发现，由于涉及众多变量和评审者的思维过程，这一过程既复杂又微妙。我们提出了对审查过程的严格的、结构化的描述，并提出了应用可视化决策支持工具的可能的杠杆点。
Holistic reviews are a common practice employed by universities in the USA to make admissions decisions. It is an individualized review process where reviewers assess an applicant's potential by considering various criteria including academic metrics, adversities faced, and personal attributes. While the factors considered in such reviews are broadly known, a detailed walk-through of the process is absent in existing literature. This is important to understand what is done in practice and to identify opportunities for technological interventions to support the complex and changing process. We employed cognitive task analysis and a socio-organizational approach to understand the holistic review process at a highly-selective, private university. We found the process to be nuanced and complex owing its complexity both to the numerous variables involved and the reviewers' thought processes. We present a rigorous, structured characterization of the review process and suggest possible leverage points for applying visualization decision-support tools.