When does the Exception Become the Rule in International Admissions?

With a large international admissions pool, like many institutions, UT Austin has been faced with many changes in the past several years. This presentation aims to review exceptions to rules, and when those exceptions must become policies. With special focus on how online programs have created new challenges in the admissions process and how emerging technologies (paired with the COVID-19 pandemic) have changed the landscape of official transcript submissions.

First Learning Outcome: Identify emerging issues that lead to a lapse in current institutional policy 

Second Learning Outcome: Consider the ways in which exceptions must be utilized to create equitable admissions processing

Third Learning Outcome: Address when it is appropriate for institutional policy to be adapted

Core Competency: Change Management

Proficiency: International Proficiencies

Presenter(s): 

Megan Strasburg University of Texas at Austin

Alberto Nuche University of Texas at Austin

Kelsey Lemon University of Texas at Austin