The mission of the Holistic Admissions Task Force is to assess and evaluate current admissions practices, benchmarking against peer institutions, cataloguing best practices, determining a potential set of common and department specific practices, and evaluating resource implications. The task force will meet twice per semester during the 5-year grant period. The group will measure current baseline admissions forms for all programs in year one with final admission forms operationalized by year 5. Final recommendations will be voted upon and recorded. Recommendations will be shared university-wide via the Graduate Studies Committee.