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Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know about Getting into College. 5th Edition
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Springer, Sally P.; Morgan, Joyce Vining; Griesemer, Nancy; Reider, Jon – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2023
Newly revised and thoroughly updated, the fifth edition of Admission Matters continues to be the go-to guide for students and families seeking help with the college admissions process. Higher education experts Sally P. Springer, Ph.D., Joyce Vining Morgan, Ph.D., Nancy Griesemer, M.A., and Jon Reider, Ph.D., deliver a practical and accessible…
Descriptors: College Admission, Admission Criteria, High School Students, College Applicants
No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life
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Espenshade, Thomas J.; Radford, Alexandria Walton – Princeton University Press, 2009
Against the backdrop of today's increasingly multicultural society, are America's elite colleges admitting and successfully educating a diverse student body? "No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal" pulls back the curtain on the selective college experience and takes a rigorous and comprehensive look at how race and social class impact each stage--from…
Descriptors: College Admission, Selective Admission, Enrollment, Race
Towards a Diversified Legal Profession: An Inquiry into the Law School Admission Test, Grade Inflation, and Current Admissions Policies. [with] A Statement from the National Institute of Education "An Investigation into the Validity and Cultural Bias of the Law School Admission Test."
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White, David M., Ed. – 1981
This is the final report and critique which investigated the law school admissions process, and especially the role of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) within that process, for possible bias against minority applicants. The study involved the reanalysis of existing data. Results show that current admission policies unfairly limit the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Applicants, Educational Needs, Educational Research
Opening College Doors: How To Make the Admissions Process Work for You.
Ordovensky, Pat; Thornton, Robert – 1992
This book offers detailed information on college admissions designed to demystify the process for student applicants. Part I opens by arguing that the college admissions process is a mystery to many applicants because in large part admissions officers would prefer to have it that way in order to retain greater control. Other chapters in this…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admissions Counseling, Admissions Officers
Admission to Faculties of Education in Canada: What You Need To Know.
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1993
This guide describes the admission criteria utilized by faculties of education in 50 postsecondary institutions in Canada, arranged by province. For each entry the following information is provided: a listing of the teacher education programs, selection requirements and procedures for various types of degree programs; statistics on 1992-93…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, College Admission, College Applicants
Playing the Private College Admissions Game.
Moll, Richard – 1979
Truths and myths involved with student admission to Ivy League colleges are revealed by a director of admissions whose experience includes admission work at Vassar, Bowdoin, Harvard and Yale. Several basic concepts are offered as fact: most private colleges in America today are not highly selective; many colleges pose as being more selective than…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Admissions Counseling, Codes of Ethics
Bakke, DeFunis, and Minority Admissions. The Quest for Equal Opportunity.
Sindler, Allan P. – 1978
The public policy and legal issues surrounding preferential admissions of minorities in higher education and the politics and human drama of the controversy are reviewed and analyzed in this book. Focus is on the court cases of Marco DeFunis against the University of Washington law school and Allan Bakke against the University of California…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission