Our study provides a survey of the various framing devices that counselors use to share students' adversities in their recommendation letters. Admission officers use contextual data about students' background, personal qualities, and interests to inform their assessment of applicants' achievement and potential (Lucido, 2014). Research has shown that supplying admission officers with robust contextual data can produce more equitable admission outcomes (Bastedo & Bowman, 2017). Counselor recommendation letters are a key source of this contextual information, and yet we...
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