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Peer reviewedLee, Barbara A. – Journal of College and University Law, 1998
Federal Supreme Court and appellate court decisions in 1996 concerning discrimination against college students are reviewed. Several decisions deal with diversity and the lawfulness of excluding applicants under a diversity rationale or extending preferences to certain classes of applicants to enhance diversity. Other cases of discrimination based…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, College Applicants, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedGivner, Nathaniel; Hynes, Kevin – College and University, 1979
The problem associated with validating an admissions test when such validation is based solely on the scores of the accepted, and therefore, restricted, group of applicants is demonstrated. A correction formula that estimates the correlation between admission test scores and a subsequent measure of performance for the entire group of applicants is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants
Download full textDenton, David R. – 1991
This report addresses the problem of underrepresentation of minorities in the health care professions and presents results of a comparative study that examined the factors differentiating schools that enroll and graduate relatively large numbers of minority students from those who do not. Study findings revealed that schools with higher minority…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Applicants, Comparative Analysis
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1993
This guide describes the admission criteria utilized by faculties of education in 50 postsecondary institutions in Canada, arranged by province. For each entry the following information is provided: a listing of the teacher education programs, selection requirements and procedures for various types of degree programs; statistics on 1992-93…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, College Admission, College Applicants
Peer reviewedBrockmeyer, Marta A.; Fowler, Gerard A. – College and University, 1982
A review of issues in professional school admission policy includes a brief history of admissions; notes on contract theory as it pertains to the student school relationship; and notes on admission procedures, publication requirements, applicant information, race, testing, age, disabilities, moral character, and residence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Age, College Applicants
Peer reviewedBerberoglu, Giray; And Others – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1996
Addresses the central issue of test biases in college entrance examinations. Utilizes differential item functioning analysis (DIF) to compare types of questions, fields of knowledge, and male and female responses in Turkish entrance examinations. Reveals intermittent biases and suggests the tests be used more for assessment than selection. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Admission, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations
