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Raising the Bar for College Admission: North Carolina's Increase in Minimum Math Course Requirements
Direct linkClotfelter, Charles T.; Hemelt, Steven W.; Ladd, Helen F. – Education Finance and Policy, 2019
We explore the effects of a statewide policy change that increased the number of high school math courses required for admission to four-year public universities in North Carolina. Using data on cohorts of eighth-grade students from 1999 to 2006, we exploit variation by district over time in the math course-taking environment encountered by…
Descriptors: College Admission, Admission Criteria, Secondary School Mathematics, Public Colleges
Hoover, Eric; Supiano, Beckie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Wake Forest University will no longer require applicants to submit standardized test scores, the university announced last week. The move makes Wake Forest, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, one of the most prominent institutions with a "test optional" admissions policy. The university's decision reveals the increasing complexity of the…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Scores, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Peer reviewedHeller, H. William; Clay, Rex J. – ERS Spectrum, 1993
Examines extent that predictor variables commonly used as teacher admission, retention, and certification standards predicted teacher success. Sample included 207 teachers with BA degrees from University of North Carolina teacher education program during 1985-86 through 1989-90 and were currently teaching in North Carolina. Predictor variables…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
