The Holistic Success Show

This week, Anju speaks with Anhphan Ly, Senior Director at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons to discuss data, AI, and the future of healthcare education. The future of healthcare education lies in the use of data and AI to inform and improve student learning. AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare education by providing personalized feedback, simulating patie...

In this episode, Dr. Sunny Nakae, from California University of Science and Medicine, discusses how her medical school promotes inclusion through a holistic approach to education. The school focuses on integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into the curriculum and creating a safe and supportive environment for students, faculty, and staff. Dr. Nakae emphasizes the importance of continu...

In this episode, Dr. Deborah Chang, Director of Curriculum Evaluation at UT Health San Antonio discusses how UT Health's School of Medicine is using large language models (LLMs) to improve their curriculum review process. Dr. Chang shares how AI has helped synthesize large amounts of data, providing detailed results and summaries to faculty members and committee members — in turn enhancing continu...

In this episode, Dr. Cynthia Perry, Associate Academic Dean for Admissions, Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso sits down to talk about equitable education access. Dr. Perry discusses practical strategies for supporting applicants from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in the admissions process. She highlights the importance of addressing barriers to acc...

In this episode, Matt Holland, the CEO of Acuity Insights, shares insights into the skills employers look for when recruiting for roles at all levels. Matt discusses the shift in recruiting strategies at BCG, where they expanded their candidate pool beyond traditional business programs and MBA programs. Matt emphasizes the importance of both cognitive skills and soft skills, such as intellectual c...

This week, Dr. Kelly Dore is joined by Dr. Drew Allen, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to discuss strategic enrollment management and the challenges faced by institutions in ensuring enrollment success.  Timestamp of our conversation: 02:06 - What is strategic enrollment management (SEM)? 03:29 - What are the challenges facing SEM? 07:11 - Accountability in SEM 10:12...

In this episode, Dr. Kelly Dore and Dr. Rodica Ivan discuss the development of an ethical AI framework. They explore the purpose of an ethical AI frameworks, the process of creating one, and the key principles and questions involved. The framework aims to ensure that AI tools are fair, reliable, responsible, secure, and transparent.  Check out the Call to action for ethical AI in education: https:...

In this week's episode, Anju Visen-Singh and Dr. Kelly Dore discuss effective recruitment strategies for schools to widen their applicant pool. Kelly describes the challenges faced by recruitment teams today, including changes in admissions processes, demographic shifts, and the need to demonstrate a return on investment. The conversation explores strategies such as aligning marketing with the sch...

In this week's episode, Anju Visen-Singh speaks with Dr. Michael Roscoe about grit and how it can be assessed during admissions. Dr. Roscoe shares his insights on the importance of valuing non-cognitive traits along with traditional cognitive ones, and how these relate directly to success for your students and alumni.  Timestamp of our conversation: 01:20 - What is holistic admissions? 04:34 - Why...

In this week's episode, Dr. Kelly Dore speaks with Dr. Joshua Hanson, Associate Dean of Student Affairs at UT San Antonio about how data analytics is reshaping medical education. Dr. Hanson shares his insights on using data analytics to identify student needs, refine curriculums, and improve student success outcomes, emphasizing the importance of integrating data analytics into student affairs and...

In this episode, Dr. Kelly Dore and Sylvia Mioduszewska discuss the newly-created assessment and evaluations guide to address the common issues and challenges faced by health sciences programs. The guide provides tips for implementing competency-based frameworks, standardizing assessments, and improving the quality of evaluations.  Timestamp of our conversation: 01:49 - The origins of the guide 03...

In this episode, Anju Visen-Singh and Dr. Kelly Dore discuss lottery admissions and how they contribute to fair and equitable admissions. They explore the concept of lottery admissions, how they work, and why they are used. They also discuss the challenges and considerations for implementing lottery admissions, such as academic cutoffs and the importance of a holistic admissions process. The conve...

In this week's episode, Dr. Kelly Dore speaks with Dan Shaw, MBA Director at Dalhousie University, about the importance of non-cognitive or soft skills in business schools and how they are nurtured in programs.  Kelly and Dan also discuss the program's implementation of Casper, a situational judgment test, for the admissions process and how it helps assess key soft skills like communication and co...

In this week's episode, Dr. Kelly Dore speaks with Dr. Nicolas Roulin, Professor of I/O Psychology at Saint Mary's University, to discuss the use of AI in the admissions and selection process. Dr. Roulin walks us through the benefits of using AI as a tool and the potential drawbacks and problems that may arise.  Timestamp of our conversation: 02:03 - How does generative AI change admissions? 04:49...

In this week's episode, Anju Visen-Singh and Dr. Kelly Dore sit down to talk about efficiencies in holistic admission. Dr. Dore discusses her long history with holistic admissions, as well as the challenges and benefits facing administrations looking to make their admissions more equitable and efficient.  Timestamp of our conversation: 00:51 - What is holistic admissions? 03:02 - Why are holistic...

This week on the Holistic Success Show, we welcome Mark Cousino, Senior Vice President of Talent and Learning at Kyndryl, one of the largest IT service companies in the world. Dr. Kelly Dore, Acuity Insights co-founder and VP, of Science and Innovation, chats with Mark about the importance of soft skills, also known as durable skills, and how they contribute to future career success. Timestamp of...

In this week's episode, Dr. Kelly Dore speaks with Dr. Alyssa Orlando, Director of Graduate Admissions at Clark University, about her dissertation research into diversity and equity in Masters-level admissions. Dr. Orlando discusses the inherent bias behind selection, what can be done to mitigate it, and gives suggestions about how institutions can manage bias in admissions. Timestamp of our conve...

In this week's episode, Dr. Kelly Dore speaks with Derek Owens, Assistant Professor and Director of Curriculum for the Anesthesiology Program at Mary Baldwin University, about the importance of identifying grit and resilience in applicants. The program previously relied on GPA and interviews to assess applicants, but now uses Casper, a situational judgment test, to get a more holistic view of the...

This week on the Holistic Success Show, Anju sits down with regular host, Dr. Kelly Dore, to talk about the growing trend toward precision education in medical education. Precision education allows educators, students, and learners to leverage data and technology to make education more personalized and learning more effective. Dr. Dore outlines the benefits to learners and programs, as well as wha...

In today's episode, we talk with Colleen Robb, a research scientist for Acuity Insights to discuss exciting new findings from our research team about what a Casper score tells you about an applicant. Casper has been evolving ever since development began over 20 years ago, and this latest study will help inform applicants, advisors, programs and the communities they serve what the Casper data actua...

In today's episode, we talk with Beth Legacy-Cole, Senior Consultant | Sales Executive at Acuity Insights, about best practices for curriculum mapping. Beth takes us through the benefits and common hurdles facing programs building their own curriculum map as well as what she calls the curriculum trifecta and how it can help unify the messaging of an institution. Timestamp of our conversation: 01:3...

In today's episode, we talk with Dr. Kristen Goodell, Associate Dean of Admissions at Boston University School of Medicine, about the field of holistic admissions. Dr. Goodell talks about the different approaches to holistic admissions, the drives that are behind this move in education, as well as looking ahead at what's coming around the corner.  Timestamp of our conversation: 01:20 - What does h...

This week we spoke with Tanja Adonizio, Associate Dean of Student Affairs at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine to discuss the history and iteration of the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE). The MSPE is one of the most important documents for a learner, as it is both a transcript of their academic performance and a required component for a residency application. Tanja walks us t...

In today's episode, we talk to Dr. Alex MacIntosh, Senior Research Manager at Acuity Insights, to discuss a new paper that investigates how differences in applicant socioeconomic status and language affect the results of the Casper situational judgment test (SJT). If you want to learn more about this exciting work and what it means for Casper and higher education admissions, you can read the paper...

In today's episode, we talk to Geoff Coons, Associate Director of the Full-Time MBA Program at Smith School of Business at Queen's University, to discuss the importance of soft or durable skills for business education. Timestamp of our conversation: 01:13 - Why are soft skills so important? 03:32 - What do employers say about soft skills? 05:17 - Importance of soft skills in undergraduate programs...