A public university has been evaluating its admissions policies and procedures. The university has recently seen a downturn in enrollment, and university leadership does not entirely understand why this happened. The university has not changed or updated their admissions decision-making processes in years. The current process uses an algorithm based on data available years ago to do enrollment modeling. Which of the following could be a disadvantage of not updating the process?
A) The algorithm is probably outdated, and that could result in the university missing out on quality applicants.
B) The algorithm might be outdated, and that could lead to results that build a robust and diverse applicant pool.
C) The university will have a better chance of maintaining their current standards even with a smaller applicant pool by not examining changes in the available data.
D) The university will save much-needed funds that it can spend on more pressing needs.

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This question requires familiarity with data analytics and the importance of modernizing methodology as new tools, techniques, and inputs become available. Choice A is correct because not updating the algorithm used in the admissions process would almost definitely lead to it being outdated and they would subsequently miss potential candidates they could have enrolled with a better model. The remaining choices are incorrect.

A Public University Has Been Evaluating Its Admissions Policies and Procedures