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Peer reviewedSadler, Philip M.; Hammerman, James K. – College and University, 1999
A quantitative study modeled the inherently subjective admissions process for 592 graduate school candidates and 72 raters. Logistic regression models were well-fitting and parsimonious, allowing analysis of each stage of the process. Extended committee discussion/deliberation phases were of limited productivity when inter-rater agreement was…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bias, College Admission, Committees
Peer reviewedGarrison, Dean H. – College and University, 1981
A statistical model is presented for processing quantitative admission data that weights equally two or more quantitative elements to ensure that the N most consistently high scorers qualify for the N available positions. The quantitative elements considered are overall grade point average (GPA), GPA in selected courses, and standardized test…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Competitive Selection, Decision Making
Peer reviewedVanEyck, Selma S.; Arnold, Louise – College and University, 1993
A survey of 18 combined baccalaureate-M.D. programs shows that students entering the program's first year directly from high school in 1990-91 exceeded minimum expected standardized test scores, grade point averages, and class rank. In the same year, 7% of matriculants, on average, failed to meet medical school entry requirements. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Bachelors Degrees, College Admission
Peer reviewedKuo, Raymond; Ghosh, Sumit – College and University, 1997
Presents a model of the admissions process for a bachelor's degree engineering program at Brown University. The study used key nonfinancial-aid related criteria to develop student profiles and then correlated admissions decisions with applicant profiles to test admissions officer bias. Results indicated that admissions officer bias plays a strong…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, Bachelors Degrees
Peer reviewedBrowne, Arthur D. – College and University, 1986
The advantages and requirements for offering a second chance to students who have failed, by forgiving a poor academic record, are discussed and supported by findings from a survey of institutions and the results of several experimental programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Admission Criteria, College Administration, College Admission
Peer reviewedWalden, Theodore – College and University, 1979
The high cost of compulsory admissions interviews and the lack of proven effectiveness in predicting academic success is discussed. Selective interviewing is seen as an effective compensatory device for overcoming culturally/racially biased test scores or grade point averages and as a recruitment mechanism. Suggestions for essay questions are…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Anxiety
Peer reviewedPhelps, M. Overton; Swann, Claire C. – College and University, 1986
Twenty highly selective colleges were surveyed to discover the effect on admissibility of a hypothetical high school senior taking a vocational course during the senior year instead of a second advanced placement course. While none would admit the vocational course participant, most would admit his dual-AP-course counterpart. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement, College Admission, College Bound Students
Peer reviewedGivner, Nathaniel; Hynes, Kevin – College and University, 1979
The problem associated with validating an admissions test when such validation is based solely on the scores of the accepted, and therefore, restricted, group of applicants is demonstrated. A correction formula that estimates the correlation between admission test scores and a subsequent measure of performance for the entire group of applicants is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants
Peer reviewedPalmer, James C.; Ludwig, Meredith J. – College and University, 1991
In a study of the ways colleges and universities regard prior learning of military service members who apply for admission to undergraduate degree programs, 66 colleges evaluated prototype transcripts and assessed problems in awarding degree credit. A number of problems are seen as needing to be addressed by both schools and the military.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Administration, College Admission, College Credits
Peer reviewedBrockmeyer, Marta A.; Fowler, Gerard A. – College and University, 1982
A review of issues in professional school admission policy includes a brief history of admissions; notes on contract theory as it pertains to the student school relationship; and notes on admission procedures, publication requirements, applicant information, race, testing, age, disabilities, moral character, and residence. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Age, College Applicants
