US Colleges Say Social Media is “Fair Game” during Admissions Process, Recent Survey Concludes
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We have long since had confirmation that many recruiters
will trawl through an applicant’s social media presence before making the
decision as to whether or not to hire them, and now a new survey conducted by Kaplan Test Prep has revealed that a significant majority
of 68% of US colleges believe that delving into an applicant’s social media profiles
is “fair game” during the admissions process. Though you might expect outrage
at this revelation it appears that the students themselves agree, with a separate
Kaplan survey of 900 high school students finding that 70% also consider admissions
officers’ scouting of social media profiles to be fair game.
According to the survey admissions officers who say it’s
“fair game” shared the following reasoning:
- “Employers do it all the time. Colleges can do it as well.”
- “I think if things are publicly accessible without undue intrusion, it’s OK. If it’s searchable, it’s fair game.”
- “We don’t do this, but we could. I think high school seniors make poor choices sometimes when they put stuff online.”
- “Their application should be the sole decider.”
- “We use social media for recruitment, not admissions.”
- “We only look at social media if the applicant includes or provides it.”
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US Colleges Say Social Media is “Fair Game” during Admissions Process, Recent Survey Concludes
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