--- title: ICYMI: ARE CURRENT BOOTSTRAPS ADMISSIONS STANDARDS EQUITABLE? description: Bootstraps - A new podcast series that explores whether merit-based systems to getting access to the best educational opportunities are fair and equitable. --- **(314) 968-5129** [![AppointLink – Higher Education Power Tools](https://blog.appointlink.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/AppointLink_January2021/images/logo-appointlink-heder.png?width=400&height=400&name=logo-appointlink-heder.png "AppointLink – Higher Education Power Tools")](https://appointlink.com/) MENU - [OUR TOOLS](https://appointlink.com/#) - Power Tools - [Attendance & Class Participation Tracking](https://appointlink.com/attendance-class-participation-tracking/) - [Classroom Management](https://appointlink.com/classroom-management/) - [Communications Portal](https://appointlink.com/communications-portal/) - [Course Faculty Evaluations](https://appointlink.com/course-faculty-evaluations/) - [Custom Development](https://appointlink.com/custom-development/) - [Exam Scheduling](https://appointlink.com/exam-scheduling/) - [Faculty Activity Review System](https://appointlink.com/faculty-activity-review-system/) - [Grading](https://appointlink.com/grading/) - [Social Distancing & Remote Teaching Tools](https://appointlink.com/social-distancing-remote-teaching-tools/) - [Student Directories and Profiles](https://appointlink.com/student-directories-profiles/) - [Student Engagement](https://appointlink.com/student-engagement/) - [Take Home Exams](https://appointlink.com/take-home-exams/) - [Write-On Competition](https://appointlink.com/write-on-competition/) - Toolkits - [Faculty Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/faculty-toolkit/) - [Leadership Team’s Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/leadership-teams-toolkit/) - [Registrar’s Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/registrars-toolkit/) - [Remote Learning Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/remote-learning-toolkit/) - [Student Affairs Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/student-affairs-toolkit/) - [INTEGRATIONS](https://appointlink.com/integrations/) - [SUPPORT](https://appointlink.com/support/) - [REQUEST INFO](https://appointlink.com/contact-appointlink/) - [OUR TOOLS](https://appointlink.com/#) - Power Tools - [Attendance & Class Participation Tracking](https://appointlink.com/attendance-class-participation-tracking/) - [Classroom Management](https://appointlink.com/classroom-management/) - [Communications Portal](https://appointlink.com/communications-portal/) - [Course Faculty Evaluations](https://appointlink.com/course-faculty-evaluations/) - [Custom Development](https://appointlink.com/custom-development/) - [Exam Scheduling](https://appointlink.com/exam-scheduling/) - [Faculty Activity Review System](https://appointlink.com/faculty-activity-review-system/) - [Grading](https://appointlink.com/grading/) - [Social Distancing & Remote Teaching Tools](https://appointlink.com/social-distancing-remote-teaching-tools/) - [Student Directories and Profiles](https://appointlink.com/student-directories-profiles/) - [Student Engagement](https://appointlink.com/student-engagement/) - [Take Home Exams](https://appointlink.com/take-home-exams/) - [Write-On Competition](https://appointlink.com/write-on-competition/) - Toolkits - [Faculty Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/faculty-toolkit/) - [Leadership Team’s Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/leadership-teams-toolkit/) - [Registrar’s Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/registrars-toolkit/) - [Remote Learning Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/remote-learning-toolkit/) - [Student Affairs Toolkit](https://appointlink.com/student-affairs-toolkit/) - [INTEGRATIONS](https://appointlink.com/integrations/) - [SUPPORT](https://appointlink.com/support/) - [REQUEST INFO](https://appointlink.com/contact-appointlink/) ## AppointLink Blog # ICYMI: ARE CURRENT BOOTSTRAPS ADMISSIONS STANDARDS EQUITABLE? Published by [Korin Munsterman](https://blog.appointlink.com/appointlink-blog/author/korin-munsterman) on Apr 19, 2021 10:15:00 AM [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.appointlink.com/appointlink-blog/icymi-are-current-bootstraps-admissions-standards-equitable%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.appointlink.com/appointlink-blog/icymi-are-current-bootstraps-admissions-standards-equitable&media=](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https://blog.appointlink.com/appointlink-blog/icymi-are-current-bootstraps-admissions-standards-equitable%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.appointlink.com/appointlink-blog/icymi-are-current-bootstraps-admissions-standards-equitable&media=) # ICYMI:  The non-profit journalism sites [EDSURGE](https://www.edsurge.com/) and [Open Campus](https://www.opencampusmedia.org/) just launched a new podcast called "Bootstraps."   In the series, they discuss the "longstanding tradition of prizing 'merit' in deciding which students get access to the best educational opportunities in America. The narrative goes that a merit-based system allows anyone 'to pull themselves up by their bootstraps' to land a slot in a selective public magnet school or an elite college. But does the current system achieve equality? Are there potentially better—or at least fairer—ways to allocate educational opportunity? This 6-episode podcast series aims to explore those questions through in-depth reporting and compelling audio storytelling. Each episode will tell the story of popular myths and assumptions of education, and along the way we'll look at experiments in distributing educational opportunity. The goal is to introduce listeners to the complexities of the issues through rich characters struggling to balance their own needs and dreams with those of the broader community." Available at iTunes and wherever you get your podcasts. 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