Heath Einstein, vice provost for enrollment management at TCU, was recently featured in Turning the Tide in 2026: Preparing Students for Lives of Caring and Purpose, a national report from Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Einstein is quoted in the report alongside enrollment leaders from Princeton, MIT, the University of Pennsylvania and others.

Released in collaboration with the National Association for College Admission Counseling, the report marks the fourth installment in the Turning the Tide series, which began in 2016 and has urged admissions offices to weigh students’ ethical and civic character alongside academic achievement. This year’s edition makes the case that colleges, parents and high schools should not expect teens to have a single purpose or passion but should instead help them clarify what they find meaningful and how their values connect to their college choices.

Einstein’s contribution, featured in the report’s section on meaning and purpose, ties that work directly to TCU’s mission.

“In near-perfect alignment with this report’s principles, TCU’s raison d’être is to produce ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community,” Einstein said. “We seek to create a class of students who possess empathy and humility so that they can critique ideas without critiquing the people presenting the ideas.”

The report draws on conversations with dozens of admissions deans and outlines six moral and civic capacities it encourages colleges to develop in students, from caring across differences to valuing the truth.

Read the full report from Making Caring Common.