Elmhurst College Makes History
It’s not too often that a small, not-so-exciting project turns out making headlines in major media outlets. But it happens, and it happened when longtime Sandbox client, Elmhurst College, decided to include a very simple, very thoughtful, and very logical question on their 2012–2013 Application for Admission. Elmhurst College has become the first university in America to ask potential students an optional question regarding their membership status in the LGBT community.
It would take all your fingers and toes to count how many news outlets picked this story up, so we won’t bother trying to link to them all. (But if you’re interested, here are a few.) Positive attention from the media is great, and we are very happy Elmhurst is getting the credit it deserves for cracking the ceiling regarding this inclusionary question. For us, we’re proud to have typeset this application, and to be a part of the Elmhurst team that includes questions like this one in their admission materials. It’s good to be on the right side of history, even if it’s just an optional question on an admission application.
