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Audit finds intended Kansas residency preferences in K‑State and KU admissions; control weaknesses could allow small unintended effects
Summary
LPA reported no evidence that unintended preferences meaningfully affected final admission offers at K‑State’s College of Veterinary Medicine or KU’s School of Medicine, but identified control weaknesses (training documentation, access to scoring, nonstandardized rubrics) that could allow small, localized effects earlier in the process.
Legislative auditors presented an analysis of admissions practices at the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and the University of Kansas School of Medicine (SOM). "Unintended preferences did not appear to ultimately influence who was admitted... but control weaknesses in both cases may have allowed preferences at certain points in the process," LPA's Andy told the committee.
LPA combined control reviews with regression analyses of multiple admissions steps to test whether applicant characteristics beyond policy preferences had statistically significant associations with…
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