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Streich, Francie; Connell, Emma; Mueller, Dan – Wilder Research, 2016
The Minnesota Independent School Forum (MISF) contracted with Wilder Research to conduct a study of private K-12 education in Minnesota, referred to as the Statewide Census of Private Education (SCOPE). The Minnesota Independent School Forum conducted prior SCOPE surveys in 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2012. MISF also contracted with Wilder to conduct…
Descriptors: Private Education, Private Schools, Religious Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Kidder, William C. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2012
One of the important arguments by critics of affirmative action is that it actually hurts the students it is supposed to help by subjecting them to the "stigma" of being admitted under policies explicitly seeking campus diversity. Such students, this theory argues, must feel embarrassed and uncomfortable as a result and would prefer to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, African American Students, Race, Campuses
Kirby, Sheila Nataraj; Thie, Harry J.; Naftel, Scott; Adelson, Marisa – RAND Corporation, 2010
In the wake of concern about the diversity of cadets/midshipmen selected by the service academies, Congress requested that the Secretary of Defense conduct a comprehensive assessment of the recruiting efforts, admissions policies, graduation rates, and career success rates of entrants and graduates at the United States Military Academy (USMA), the…
Descriptors: Military Schools, Colleges, Undergraduate Students, Student Diversity
Maryland Univ., College Park. Div. of Student Affairs. – 1988
The Maryland Longitudinal Study (MLS) participants and non-participants are compared on several pre-enrollment and University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) academic/enrollment history variables. The purpose is to assess how confidently generalizations can be made to the larger student body from the student studies as part of MLS. Two basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Black Students
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
This study examines how high school preparation, standardized test scores, and scores on program entrance examinations are indicators of White, Black, and Hispanic students' academic performance and completion of teacher education programs. Transcripts of teacher education students (N=712) matriculating in traditional 4-year teacher education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations