System and method for achieving candidate diversity in a candidate application system

A system for managing diversity of international student admission by limiting at least one admission application from at least one agent of at least one admission applicant, the system comprising:

• an application management system, the application management system comprising a processor operable via a set of instructions storable in relation to a non-transient memory device, the application management system in communication with two or more educational institutions;
• a user interface for receiving at least one admission application;
• a throttling engine service the throttling engine service in communication with the processor to two or more educational institutions configuring the processor to:
• receive by the throttling service engine of the application management system and from at least one educational institution, at least one throttling criterion comprising at least one of:
• a geographic area, an applicant age, an applicant nationality, an applicant ethnicity, an applicant gender, an applicant religion, an applicant language proficiency, an applicant work experience, at least one applicant grade, an agency identity, an agency quality metric, and a mathematical value comparison, and a logical value comparison;
• create, by the application management system and based on the at least one throttling criterion, a specified earliest start time for activating the rule window, and a specified latest stop time as the stop time for deactivating the rule window, a Student Entrance Application rule window using a rule window algorithm for at least one educational institution, wherein the rule window algorithm determines a start time and a stop time for receiving an application, the rule window algorithm dynamically adjusting at least one of the start time and the stop time as a function of:
• at least one admission factor, and
• a predictive element based on a rate of change of the at least one admission factor,
• the at least one admission factor comprising at least one of:
• an overall number of admission applicants, a number of spaces remaining in an educational program, a rate at which the at least one admission applicant is applying, an academic quality of the at least one admission applicant, and a change to the educational program, wherein the earliest start time for activating the rule window further comprises incorporating visa-processing time for the student from the geographic area of the agent;
• receive, from the at least one agent and by the system, the at least one admission application during the rule window, wherein the when the at least one criterion is met, processing the at least one admission application, and when the at least one criterion is not met, rejecting the at least one admission application;
• and
• send, by the application management system, an acceptance notice or rejection notice of the at least one admission application;
• wherein the application management system is configured to close enrollment from a particular geographic area or region if a certain threshold is reached.