At Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, a portfolio review and an artistic evaluation workshop indicate the student's potential for success in the applied arts field. The procedure may limit attrition significantly. (SK)

Discusses the pros and cons of the diversity of practice that accompanies entry to formal schooling in England. (Author/CM)

The Degree of Experience is a program for accrediting prior learning (APL) at a London university. Advantages for students lacking entry qualifications include admission criteria stated in terms of skills, knowledge, and ability (SKA) rather than credentials; accurate SKA profiles for diagnosing weaknesses; and integration of APL into admissions…

Discusses the development of academic programs in technical communication and examines how entrance requirements to master's programs have implications for technical communication as a profession. (SR)

In the last two years, the BC Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT) has conducted research on the number of potential and eligible transfer students in colleges, university colleges, and institutes in the fall of each year and the number that enrolled in a BC public university in the subsequent year with transfer as the basis of admission.…

How can one create a system for university admission that is equitable, valid, and representative of the broad range of abilities that students can bring to university settings? Conventional tests of abilities and achievements are narrow and do not measure the full range of abilities relevant to university and life success. In this article I…

An introduction by Florence D. Grebner setting the discussion topic in context and three substantive papers on the future for professionalism within the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) form the body of this document. The first of the substantive papers, entitled "Are We a Profession? An Emerging…

Emporia State University's (Kansas) teacher education program conducted research to determine how it could help interested students meet new admission standards and enter the teacher education program. Analysis of records of students who had not met the program's new standards indicated that some students were not aware of the new standards and…

In 1992, the Annie E. Casey Foundation launched the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), which sought to demonstrate that communities could improve their detention systems without sacrificing public safety. It awarded grants to five urban jurisdictions in order to: reach consensus among all juvenile justice agencies about the purpose…

In April 2004, the Postsecondary Education Commission released its 2003 University Eligibility study. This study estimated the percentage of California public high school graduates who met the admission requirements of the California State University and the University of California (UC). The Assembly Higher Education Committee requested that the…

Discusses a "nonjoint" apprenticeship program at a Pennsylvania community college in which the apprenticeship relationship exists between the employer and the individual apprentice, with no union involvement. Examines admission requirements, educational components, and certification. (CT)

Issues in admission to professional education are reviewed, including the validity of prediction of performance, development of appropriate admission criteria, and legal issues in fair selection. The literature of educational and personnel selection is reviewed. (MSE)

Higher education's presence in school reform is limited because many university people equate reform with lowered standards and instrumental knowledge, view portfolios as complicating the admissions process, and have low expectations for the secondary school system. Oregon's Proficiency-based Admission Standards System (PASS) is a state-mandated…

Describes how the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery strives to admit more underrepresented minority students. Discusses its D.D.S. minority admissions program, postdoctoral minority admissions program, Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) for middle and high school students, and "zero" tuition dental assisting…

Discusses how, criticized from the left and the right, class-rank admissions programs in three states (California, Texas, and Florida) seem to be having less of an impact than advertised, with elite campuses much less diverse than they were with affirmative action. (EV)