Should Higher Education Students Be Admitted Differentially by Race and Sex: The Evidence.

Sedlacek, William E.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Should Higher Education Students Be Admitted Differentially by Race and Sex: The Evidence

Sedlacek, William E.

Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 22, 1, 22-23, Sep 77

Support for the position that students should be selected by race-sex subgroups centers around studies which show no or negative relationships between traditional predictors and college grades for black students and that if traditional predictors are employed, optimum validity is achieved by separate equations of cut-off scores for each race-sex subgroup. (Author)

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Students, Higher Education, Predictor Variables, Racial Differences, Research Projects, Sex Differences

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