72: Revolutionizing Equitable College Admissions w/ ACCEPT Group (Marie Bigham)

What this episode covers

Today I'm joined by Marie Bigham, founder and co-leader of ACCEPT Group, or Admissions Community Cultivating Equity & Peace Today. Marie has spent over 20 years in college admissions, most recently at an independent school in New Orleans, and serves full-time as ACCEPT Group's leader. ACCEPT coordinates support for equitable college admissions, such as staging walkouts and organizing like-minded voices for change. In this podcast, Marie and I discuss the actions we can take to radicalize the college admissions process in an era of uncertainty. The horrific actions of the past few months, from the growth of a global pandemic to yet another murder of a person of color by the police, George Floyd, has led way to some glimmers of hope in organizing, protest, and growth as a society. What actions can K-college educators take to build an equitable higher education experience, when revolution seems more and more tangible? GUESTS Marie Bigham, former college admissions counselor and co-leader and founder of the ACCEPT Group (Admissions Community Cultivating Equity & Peace Today.) RESOURCES * ACCEPT Group (Website) [https://www.acceptgroup.org/] * ACCEPT Group (Facebook) [https://www.facebook.com/ACCEPTCultivatingEquityAndPeaceToday] * ACCEPT Group (Twitter) [https://twitter.com/AcceptGroup] * DEFINING ACCESS: How Test-Optional Works [https://www.nacacnet.org/globalassets/documents/publications/research/defining-access-report-2018.pdf] * "We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment" - Dr Cornell West Full CNN Segment [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90G_QdxqqJs] * The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students by Anthony Abraham Jack [https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674976894] FURTHER LISTENING (UPCOMING) * ACCEPT Group Chat Sessions [https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/accept/pages/15/attachments/original/1587064198/ACCEPT_Connect_Chat_Sheet.pdf]