A Public University Has Been Evaluating Its Admissions Policies and Procedures

Multiple Choice

A public university has been evaluating its admissions policies and procedures. The university has recently seen a downturn in enrollment, and university leadership does not entirely understand why this happened. The university has not changed or updated their admissions decision-making processes in years. The current process uses an algorithm based on data available years ago to do enrollment modeling. Which of the following could be a disadvantage of not updating the process?

A) The algorithm is probably outdated, and that could result in the university missing out on quality applicants.
B) The algorithm might be outdated, and that could lead to results that build a robust and diverse applicant pool.
C) The university will have a better chance of maintaining their current standards even with a smaller applicant pool by not examining changes in the available data.
D) The university will save much-needed funds that it can spend on more pressing needs.