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Direct linkAnnah Vimbai Bengesai; Lateef Babatunde Amusa – Cogent Education, 2024
Academic Development Programmes (ADPs) are a distinct category of South African Higher Education that aims to provide alternative access to students who meet the minimum entry requirements for university but not necessarily for the particular academic programme of their choice. Although these programmes have existed for over 30 years, limited…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, College Programs, Academic Persistence
Onesmus Ayaya; Michael Kgorompe Moswatsi – SAGE Open, 2024
This study focuses on the admission criteria of a bachelor of accountancy (BAcc) degree program as one of many factors influencing students' success in graduating in the regulated time frames. The present study used constructivist learning and student engagement theories as connected lenses to explore the effect of admission criteria on…
Descriptors: Accounting, Bachelors Degrees, Admission Criteria, Learner Engagement
van der Merwe, D.; de Beer, M. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
Finding accurate predictors of tertiary academic performance, specifically for disadvantaged students, is essential because of budget constraints and the need of the labour market to address employment equity. Increased retention, throughput and decreased dropout rates are vital. When making admission decisions, the under preparedness of students…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Predictive Validity, Admission Criteria
Peer reviewedSkuy, Mervin; And Others – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
A South African study explored predictors of success among 18 educationally disadvantaged and 8 advantaged students in a University of Witwatersrand developmental studies program. Results showed academic success was considerably less predictable among disadvantaged students. Universally-used admission criteria were not predictive for either group;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Developmental Studies Programs
Enslin, P. A.; Button, A.; Chakane, M.; de Groot, M.; Dison, L. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
A Biographical Questionnaire (BQ) has been used in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand since the mid-80s, to identify potential to succeed at university among applicants who have not met the requirements for automatic admission. As the key instrument in a special admissions process, the BQ's history and assumptions are…
Descriptors: College Students, Measures (Individuals), Humanities, Questionnaires
Stoker, D. J.; And Others – 1985
Results of a study of 1980 university entrance requirements in South Africa are presented, with attention to (1) the question of whether the minimum score on the Standard 10 examination should be raised and (2) the possibility of differential entrance requirements and channeling of students to various kinds of tertiary education. Previous research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
