As generative AI makes it increasingly difficult to know how much a written submission reflects an applicant’s independent thinking, colleges are beginning to reconsider what evidence they need to make informed admissions decisions.

Faculty are already confronting this same challenge in the classroom. This session will bring together educators currently using conversational and oral assessment to share what they have learned from asking students to explain, defend and expand on their thinking in real time.

We’ll then explore what those lessons could mean for admissions. Melissa Morgan, co-founder of Coraltalk, will demonstrate a hypothetical conversational admissions workflow, followed by a discussion with Anneke Sallis from the admissions perspective around what may or may not translate effectively into an admissions setting.

The goal is not to suggest that conversational assessment should replace existing admissions practices, but to explore where it could provide an additional layer of insight, as well as the practical questions institutions would need to consider around consistency, accessibility, bias, human review and applicant experience.

Speakers:

• Melissa Morgan | Co-founder & CEO, Coraltalk

• Moshe Mikanovsky | Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University

• John Hathcoth | Assessment expert and educator

• Anneke Sallis | Enrollment Analyst, Smith College, AICA Lead