The Graduate College at Stout State University commonly employs two criteria in deciding which applicants should be permitted to enroll for graduate degree programs: cumulative undergraduate grade-point average and experience. It was the purpose of this study to determine the effectiveness of these two criteria in predicting the likelihood of…

The author of this paper assumes that more persons will desire to enter the field of physics than will be able to find employment in this field. The question is how and at what stage in their careers should some of these prospective physicists be "deflected" from their chosen field. A case is made for this decision being made at the entrance to…

PRACTICES OF 132 INSTITUTIONS IN 43 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ACCREDITED TO OFFER PROGRAMS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL WERE COMPARED. EIGHTY-ONE INSTITUTIONS OFFER BOTH THE 1-YEAR MASTER'S DEGREE AND THE 2-YEAR SPECIALIST IN EDUCATION DEGREE PROGRAMS, 37 OFFER THE MASTER'S PROGRAM ONLY, NINE…

American graduate schools need to sharpen their techniques when screening the growing group of foreign applicants requiring professional skills. An institution's admissions process can either enhance its overall institutional quality and prestige or seriously harm it in a short time. (MSE)

A noncompensatory selection model for choosing graduate students correctly predicted 61 percent of the successful students. The compensatory model was able to correctly predict only 21 percent of those who succeeded. (RM)

The changing concept of higher education is addressed, including the idea of "equalization incompatibilities." The question is raised whether in a mass system of higher education one would have to consider a dual admissions procedure to preserve the academic core system; i.e., graduate studies and research. (Editor/LBH)

The EAS though less time consuming is shown to cover major psychological constructs of the ATGSB, and to offer a measure of the perceptual speed factor that was hypothesized to be related to success in computer-oriented and other data-analysis requirements in graduate business a schools. (Author/ES)

Identifies and discusses three current and emerging problems in graduate admissions: lack of understanding by applicants about admissions procedures, lack of information available to applicants about graduate programs, and lack of information about applicants available to those persons making decisions about admissions and appointments. (JMF)

Presents 1991 survey information from 129 directors of American Psychological Association-accredited doctoral programs in clinical psychology on admission requirements, acceptance rates, financial assistance, and theoretical orientations. Programs assessed are Doctor of Psychology programs, practice-oriented Ph.D. programs, equal-emphasis Ph.D.…

Details the setting up of a battery of psychometric tests for selecting student interpreters for the Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpreting in Taiwan. Argues that the rigid screening (which leads to a nearly 100 percent pass rate) compares favorably with the high drop-out rate in traditional schools of interpreting. (NKA)

Analysis of records from 347 students who graduated, dropped out of, or were terminated from State University of New York-Buffalo's nursing program, 1983-92, showed that Graduate Record Examination scores correlated with first-year and overall grade point average but was a weaker predictor of graduate performance than undergraduate grade point…

Alternate access to graduate nursing education for 85 registered nurses with nonnursing baccalaureate degrees included scores on the National League for Nursing Comprehensive Achievement Test and a special course, Matrices of Nursing Practice. A six-year study supports this method of selection for graduate nursing education. (Author/JOW)

In this study, the authors update a previous study of terminal master's degree in economics programs to determine whether changes in the inputs or the desired outcomes of master's degree programs have occurred during the decade between the two studies. There are now fewer programs, and there has been a reduction in rigor in terms of degree…

The 7 selected papers in this pamphlet, which were presented at a conference on doctoral study in November 1968, are specifically concerned with the doctorate in special education. The unique factors of the special education doctoral program are discussed in the first paper. The second and third presentations deal with the variety of approaches to…

This document analyzes and evaluates the exceptional graduate admissions program at Pennsylvania State University as instituted in 1970. Under this program, traditional admissions criteria are dropped to enable disadvantaged students to attend graduate school. (A previous survey of the Council of Graduate Schools showed that 59% of the member…