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Direct linkPoon, OiYan A., Ed.; Bastedo, Michael N., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2022
"Rethinking College Admissions" probes the many facets of higher education admissions and translates research-backed insights into actionable strategies for innovative, equitable admissions practices. Edited by scholars OiYan A. Poon and Michael N. Bastedo, this collection gives readers an evidence-based understanding of postsecondary…
Descriptors: College Admission, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, Educational Change
Jennifer L. Hodgson, Editor; Jacquelyn M. Pelzer, Editor – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2024
"Veterinary Medical Education: A Practical Guide, Second Edition" offers a comprehensive reference to all aspects of veterinary medical education, providing concrete guidance for instructors in a variety of settings. The book gives real-world, practical, veterinary-specific advice on all aspects of designing and implementing a veterinary…
Descriptors: Guides, Veterinary Medical Education, Guidance, Curriculum Implementation
Peer reviewedPerna, Laura W., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2022
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Theories, Educational Research, Admission Criteria
Buckley, Jack, Ed.; Letukas, Lynn, Ed.; Wildavsky, Ben, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018
For more than seventy-five years, standardized tests have been considered a vital tool for gauging students' readiness for college. However, few people--including students, parents, teachers, and policy makers--understand how tests like the SAT or ACT are used in admissions decisions. Once touted as the best way to compare students from diverse…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Admission Criteria
Orfield, Gary, Ed.; Ayscue, Jennifer B., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2018
School choice is an increasingly important part of today's educational landscape and this timely volume presents fresh research about the competitive admissions policies of choice systems. Based on their investigation of a unique civil rights challenge to school choice admissions policies in politically and racially divided Buffalo, New York, and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Choice, Admission (School), Urban Schools
Smith, Wilson, Ed.; Bender, Thomas, Ed. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
This long-awaited sequel to Richard Hofstadter and Wilson Smith's classic anthology "American Higher Education: A Documentary History" presents one hundred and seventy-two key edited documents that record the transformation of higher education over the past sixty years. The volume includes such seminal documents as Vannevar Bush's 1945…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation
