The Relationship Between Admissions Criteria and Academic Performance in an MSW Program.

Dunlap, Katherine M.; Fraser, Mark W.; Henley, H. Carl, Jr.

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Publication Date: 1998

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The Relationship Between Admissions Criteria and Academic Performance in an MSW Program.

Dunlap, Katherine M.; Fraser, Mark W.; Henley, H. Carl, Jr.

Journal of Social Work Education, v34 n3 p455-62 Fall 1998

Examines relationship between admission criteria and academic performance among 654 master's in social-work (MSW) students in one state university, 1985-1992. Test scores on a pre-graduation comprehensive exam measured academic achievement. Results indicate two admissions criteria, undergraduate grade point average and Graduate Record Examination score, and two applicant characteristics, gender and race, significantly correlated with academic performance. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Grade Point Average, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Masters Programs, Predictor Variables, Race, Scores, Sex Differences, Social Work, Standardized Tests, State Universities, Student Characteristics

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Language: English

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