Admissions Deans: Their Biggest Worries

By ERIC HOOVER

In this era of college-admissions angst, seemingly everyone has an opinion about the process. But what do higher education's gatekeepers think of their jobs, their practices, and the state of their profession?

Answers to those and many other questions appear in The Chronicle's revealing new survey of senior admissions officials (see Section B for full coverage). The survey provides a rare glimpse inside the minds of the men and women who play crucial roles at their