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ALP: The Admissions Leadership PodcastPeak Perspectives: Living with the ImposterHave you ever faced an opportunity that made you question your readiness, your abilities—even your worth?In this Peak Perspective, I share a story from Marie Bigham, founder of ACCEPT and IQID, who wrestled with self-doubt when she was invited to make a leap. What gave her the confidence to jump? (Original audio clip from Season 1, Episode 4 of the ALP)It's from Chapter 8, "Living with the Imposter," one of 20 chapters in my new book, Climbing the Admissions Leadership Peak: Lessons from the ALP, available on Amazon paperback and Kindle.The AL...2024-12-1606 min
The AI Education Conversation29. How will AI impact college admissions? Convo w/ Marie Bigham, Founder/Executive Director - ACCEPTHow will AI impact college admissions?
Today’s episode is a special one for me because I had the opportunity to interview Marie Bigham, someone who I’ve respected and looked up to because of her many contributions to the field of college access over her career. Most notably through founding the group ACCEPT.
In high schools across the world, seniors are undergoing an intensive season as they determine their next stop after high school. College admissions officers are scurring across the country to talk with schools about their institutions and awaiting the sea of appl...2023-12-191h 15
You Might Be RightAffirmative Action and College Admissions: What Happens Now? - with Sarah Isgur and Marie BighamLegal analyst Sarah Isgur and fmr. college admissions official Marie Bigham join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the Supreme Court ruling banning race-conscious admission policies in higher education, responses to the ruling, and what’s next.2023-10-0347 min
Hues of Leadership PodcastEpisode 16: Marie BighamOur first guest for season II, is the founder and CEO of Accelerated Equity Insights, which seeks to create more diverse communities by removing bias in recruitment communications, and co-Founder and Executive Director of ACCEPT, which stands for Admissions Community Cultivating Equity & Peace Today. Join us for a conversation with Marie Bigham as she unpacks leadership being like surfing, the importance of community, and the value of an open mind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-09-1235 min
Application to AdmissionEpisode 27 -Affirmative Action - for Black and Brown students - is Dead.It’s 2023, yet it eerily feels like 1963. At the behest of a 6-3 vote by the Supreme Court last week, higher education, decades of diversity initiatives and most importantly, our students and their access to selective admission to PWI colleges just took a major blow. The news is still swirling, no concrete action plan has been implemented to combat this and many people are just frustrated, dismayed and confused.
While we don’t have all the answers, we do have some. Understanding the Choices and the Application to Admission podcast has been
expecting this for months, and we’v...2023-07-0534 min
Don't Force It: How to Get into College without Losing Yourself in the ProcessMarie Bigham: Equity and Access in College AdmissionsMarie Bigham, Founder & Executive Director of ACCEPT, joins to talk with us about issues of equity and access in college admissions, and the work that her non-profit has undertaken to make the system work better for everyone. Bio:Marie Bigham is the Founder and Executive Director of ACCEPT (Admissions Community Cultivating Equity & Peace Today), a nonprofit organization that is removing racism from college admissions. Recently named a “Global Game Changer” by Facebook, Marie is a national leader in college admission redesign and reform. In 2018, ACCEPT received the Excellence in Education Award from the National Association for...2023-05-2540 min