Last fall, thousands of Hawaiʻi high school seniors who had never filled out an application to the University of Hawaiʻi received big news: They’d been accepted to UH.
The letters were part of the university’s initiative offering local students guaranteed admission to UH’s seven community colleges and certain four-year campuses, depending on their GPA. University officials hoped streamlining the admissions process would boost college enrollment and reach more students who hadn’t previously considered higher education…