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"PBS" featured Pace President Marvin Krislov in "To account for hardship, College Board adds ‘adversity’ score to SAT tests"
"PBS" featured Pace President Marvin Krislov in "To account for hardship, College Board adds ‘adversity’ score to SAT tests"
...Marvin Krislov, president of Pace University (which requires applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores), said he thought the index “could be one of several helpful data points” used by admissions officers to get a better sense of an applicant.
But Krislov, who was general counsel at the University of Michigan when it successfully defended an affirmative action policy before the U.S. Supreme Court, stressed that he did not see the index taking the place of affirmative action. That’s because the index is ultimately not about the individual student.
The index “can only tell a certain part of the story,” Krislov said. “It won’t let admissions officers know if the student has overcome a major disability or illness. Or if the student has experienced a significant loss.”
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