AI College Admissions Screening Shows Promise But Raises Serious Fairness Questions

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University of Pennsylvania researchers developed AI models to assess personal qualities in college essays, finding modest predictive power for graduation but raising concerns about gaming, bias, and whether automation truly improves fairness in admissions decisions.

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