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Peer reviewedHartman, William T.; Bell, David P. – College and University, 1978
A study focused on two questions: whether the admissions rating scheme of Stanford University could effectively predict academic performance and whether students with different abilities gravitate to different academic departments. The relationship between academic performance and affiliation and such characteristics as sex and ethnic group were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Grade Prediction, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGivner, Nathaniel; Klintberg, Irene – College and University, 1978
Students admitted to medical school after three and four years of college were compared on seven admission variables and three measures of medical school performance. The two groups differed significantly on three admission variables but could not be distinguished on the basis of measures of medical school performance. (SW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Early Admission, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSchellhammer, James R.; Gharavi, Gloria J. – College and University, 1987
A study to investigate whether admission personnel actually read letters received from prospective students and responded accordingly, or merely followed a set program--sending material they deemed essential regardless of specific requests for information--is discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence)
Peer reviewedCotten, Carroll C.; Stock, William P. – College and University, 1985
A state university program to admit a selective group of adult students in each of four semesters, from Spring 1976 to Fall 1977, is described, including the program rationale, the academic history of the program participants, and future directions for adult student admissions within the California State University system. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Students, College Admission, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMenacker, Julius; And Others – College and University, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Admission (School), Admission Criteria
Peer reviewedGoldgehn, Leslie A. – College and University, 1989
A survey of admissions deans and directors investigated the use and perceived effectiveness of 15 well-known marketing techniques: advertising, advertising research, a marketing plan, market positioning, market segmentation, marketing audit, marketing research, pricing, program and service accessibility, program development, publicity, target…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advertising, College Admission, College Choice
Direct linkLegutko, Robert S. – College and University, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the success of an alternate admission option for academically underprepared students. This study compared relevant enrollment, academic, and graduation data at various critical points in the academic careers of alternate admission option students with data from students who entered the college through…
Descriptors: College Admission, Admission Criteria, Program Effectiveness, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedWilson, Kenneth M. – College and University, 1970
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Rating, Administrative Policy
Peer reviewedSeymour, Ron; Gramet, Pamela – College and University, 1995
A survey of 117 physical therapy education programs investigated the admissions process, criteria, and interview procedures. Interviews were conducted at 67% of programs; mean applicant number was 115. Most used standard interview questions and provided interviewer training. A weighted variable system for making student selections, based on both…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Admission, College Applicants
Peer reviewedSiegel, S. R.; Schmitt, E. W. – College and University, 1976
A study of 383 applicants to a medium sized university's Master's in Business Administration program shows that applicants with four to seven years of interruption since undergraduate studies scored significantly higher than those with less than four or more than seven years of interruption. (JT)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Business Administration, Educational Research, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedMcMahon, Mary Helen – College and University, 1977
Information wanted by college catalog readers was determined from a questionnaire in which 232 respondents rated as "essential,""useful," or of "no interest" each of 121 items. Forty-four items rated essential by at least 60 percent of the respondents are listed along with a statistical summary of all responses. (LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants, College Bound Students
Peer reviewedLangston, Paul D.; Boyles, Carolyn V. – College and University, 1987
Southwest Missouri State University's efforts toward a major change in institutional role and toward increasing admissions requirements are examined as they affect each other. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedLunneborg, Clifford E.; And Others – College and University, 1977
The need for colleges to make explicit their institutional goals when formulating admissions policy is demonstrated using data for first year and transfer students to the University of Washington. Criteria emphasizing quality of performance are found to be biased in favor of the first-year applicant; those related to program completion would not…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, College Administration, College Admission
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 reviewedArmstrong, Robert J.; And Others – College and University, 1976
Reports a study that found that the average of the six grades applicants self-reported on the Student Descriptive Questionnaire (provided by the College Entrance Examination Board) is a rather good estimate of either the mean of the six grades that should have been reported or the mean of all grades on the applicant's transcript. (JT)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants, Educational Research
