This is a report about the first two stages of a four-stage project designed to develop procedures to assess the accomplishments of applicants to graduate school. In the first stage, trial instruments were developed after thoroughly reviewing other attempts at assessing accomplishments and carefully considering the issues involved. Three…

The selection of students is one of the critical issues facing higher education institutions in South Africa. Identifying disadvantaged students with mathematics and science aptitude is a particularly pressing problem. The UNIFY Selection Research Project (USRP) was established at the University of the North in 1994 to address this problem. This…

In September 2005 the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) in association with the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the Sutton Trust and the College Board, began a five-year research study to examine the validity of an aptitude test in higher education admissions. This report describes and explores the relationships…

Admission policies and practices for state-operated residential schools for the deaf were studied following the full implementation of Public Law 94-142. Questionnaires were returned by 56 school administrators representing 93 percent of the total number of residential schools for the deaf in the United States. Results include the following: 1)…

Presents a method known as the structured interview for improving the traditional approach to selecting potential graduate students. The goal is to apply more equitable strategies to reduce the chance of rejecting the "right" student. (DKM)

To learn more about graduate program selectivity, admission test requirements, and the role that the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) play in the admission process, a two-phase study was conducted. First, the GRE General Test and Subject Test requirements of a broad range (over 12,000) of graduate programs were summarized by examining data in…

This is the report of the third phase of a multi-phase project designed to develop an inventory of documented accomplishments for graduate student selection. The material developed in earlier stages was pilot-tested in Phase Three in 26 departments that represented the fields of English, biology, and psychology. The major purpose of this study was…

Brief summaries are presented of the results of surveys conducted by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) on school/college cooperative programs. Information is included on: (1) numbers of participating institutions; (2) organization of the school/college programs; (3) types of cooperatives programs; (4) funding of…

In order to understand the roles of test scores and diversity characteristics (including race and ethnicity) in the admission process, National Board researchers interviewed admissions directors who worked at selective public and private institutions are well as admissions consultants in the summer and fall of 1999. This report presents an…

Parents of Illinois eighth graders were surveyed to determine their knowledge about college admission requirements, costs, their plans to meet those costs, and their knowledge of financial aid in planning for their child's education beyond high school. Parents surveyed were from 30 schools that represented the following settings: Chicago suburban,…

Seventy-five Australian higher education institutions were surveyed to determine their policies and practices with regard to students with Technical and Further Education (TAFE) qualifications who might apply for transfer from TAFE to higher education. Forty-four of the 49 questionnaires returned were considered usable. It was found that many…

This report assesses transfer issues from the student perspective in British Columbia. It centers on determining: where transfer students went for further studies; the nature of the transfer-related problems that were encountered; and the frequency these transfer-related problems were cited. The following five sub-cohort pairings, defined within…

In May 1993, the California Community Colleges' Board of Governors adopted systemwide guidelines recommending student registration priorities to help address current discrepancies between available resources and courses and the colleges' open-door mission. This report describes the guidelines and results of a study conducted to determine their…

Initial certification programs specify expectations or experiences of their teacher candidates both before and after admission. Typical prerequisites to admission include academic program, test scores, course work, or assessment of professional performance. Criteria for retention after admission often consist of academic performance or mastery of…

Ten tables presenting national data on private schools are provided. Data were collected using the Private School Questionnaire, which is one of seven questionnaires comprising the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey developed by the United States Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. The survey, conducted by the…