tag: Guaranteed admission
Issue Brief
July 10, 2025
Examining the Impact of Automatic Admissions and Proactive Financial Aid Guarantees at the University of Texas at Austin
An Interview with Dr. Matt Giani
The University of Texas at Austin is piloting a bold, data-informed strategy aimed at removing key barriers to access for low-income students. This new initiative combines automatic admissions with proactive financial aid guarantees, with the goal of encouraging more students from low-income backgrounds to both apply and enroll.
Blog Post
December 3, 2015
Idaho’s Bold Initiative
Will It Help?
Earlier this week, Inside Higher Ed reported on the recent announcement by the state of Idaho that, beginning with the class of 2016, the state’s high school graduates would be guaranteed admission into at least some, and possibly all, of Idaho’s eight public colleges and universities. For more than 20,000 public high school graduates, admission into five of the state’s postsecondary schools would be guaranteed while the remaining three – Boise State University, Idaho State University, and University of…