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“Maybe you take care of a sibling or grandparent living at home, maybe you work part-time, maybe you’re active in your faith-based community…whatever the case may be, we want to see that you are committed, responsible, and engaged because you care about what you’re doing. Those are the students we want on our campuses.”

Gary Clark, director of undergraduate admission at the University of California Los Angeles, spoke with Brennan Barnard about what matters in college admissions. Read what other admissions leaders about what they value in applicants.

Rick Weissbourd joined Julie Rose for a conversation about college admissions and how to put young people’s character and well-being at the center of a healthier, more sane college admissions process.

Learn more about The Character Collaborative, of which Making Caring Common is a member, and their work to define character in the admissions process.

“All parents want the best for their children, but when it comes to college admissions, ‘the best’ seems to come with an ethical cost.”

HGSE’s Usable Knowledge highlights our work to put ethical engagement at the center of the college admissions process and shares four key take-aways.

“We must teach our sons that girls are not objects whose quality and worth they may casually and callously assess, but that they are human beings, intellectual peers and equals in every respect. The cult of masculinity in American culture and society can no longer be allowed to thrive on the pervasive objectification of women and girls.

Enough is enough.”

Ashley Jordan writes in Ms. Magazine about the urgent need to fight gender-based harassment, citing Making Caring Common’s research with young people.

"Children are so saturated with messages about achievement in many schools and communities that parents need to be really conscious about fighting against those messages at home.” —Rick Weissbourd

In this piece for The Washington Post, Jennifer Breheny Wallace spoke with Rick Weissbourd about emerging research that has found that students in “high-achieving schools” are at risk for behavioral and mental health problems.

“College admission is NOT about finding the one ‘right’ college for you, but discovering the many — across multiple levels of selectivity — that will welcome you and challenge you to grow as a student and a person.” — Bill Conley, vice president for enrollment management, Bucknell University

In this piece for The Washington Post, Brennan Barnard shares insights from college admissions deans.

“Let’s not give up on basic equity. Let’s instead get better at assessing and weighting disadvantage.”

In this piece for The Washington Post, Rick Weissbourd and Brennan Barnard highlight opportunities for making the college admissions process more equitable.