newsletter-2021

Building a More Equitable Graduate Program through Holistic Admissions

Building a More Equitable Graduate Program through Holistic Admissions

As the UC Student body grows to reflect the diversity of California’s population, graduate and faculty populations have conspicuously failed to keep pace. One of the key impediments to recruiting a  professoriate resides farther back in the pipeline, in the traditional processes and criteria for graduate admissions. These, we are happy to report, have begun to change in tangible ways at the UC Davis English department.