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Higher education is valuable; not everyone is ready for higher education. Although readiness has traditionally been defined as academic, “noncognitive” skills can be considered as important and sometimes more important for success. Noncognitive skills assessments can be used in admissions, also placement, self assessment, and student learning outcomes. In this paper I elaborate on the full range of student attributes that are important for success in college and that ought to be considered for college readiness. I argue that on the basis of educator and employer surveys, prediction studies, and studies focusing on 21st century skills there is now an emerging consensus on what the most important noncognitive skills are, and a variety of approaches to measuring them have been developed and evaluated. |
