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Kobrin, Jennifer L.; Patterson, Brian F. – College Board, 2010
There is substantial variability in the degree to which the SAT and high school grade point average (HSGPA) predict first-year college performance at different institutions. This paper demonstrates the usefulness of multilevel modeling as a tool to uncover institutional characteristics that are associated with this variability. In a model that…
Descriptors: Scores, Validity, Prediction, College Freshmen
Pinckney, Charlyene Carol – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The current study was undertaken to examine the effectiveness of the Rowan University-School of Osteopathic Medicine - Summer Pre-Medical Research and Education Program (Summer PREP), a postsecondary medical sciences enrichment pipeline program for under-represented and disadvantaged students. Thirty-four former program participants were surveyed…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Summer Programs, Medical Education, Enrichment
Shaw, Emily – College Board, 2010
Presented at the College Board National Forum in Washington, D.C., October 2010. This presentation examines the recent national validity evidence that supports the use of SAT Writing in college admissions and English placement. Additionally it includes information on the College Board's free online Admitted Class Evaluation Service (ACES) system,…
Descriptors: Test Validity, College Entrance Examinations, Writing Achievement, Writing Tests
Connolly, Faith; Olson, Linda S.; Durham, Rachel E.; Plank, Stephen B. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2014
This report compares high school indicators of college readiness for the Baltimore City Schools Class of 2011 with actual readiness as determined by Maryland colleges. Each Maryland college determines its own criteria for entering credit bearing courses or taking developmental courses. As a result, findings are reported separately by college…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Educational Indicators, Readiness, Urban Schools
Stankov, Lazar – Intelligence, 2009
Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated. The evidence is based on 1254 community college students and 1600 foreign students seeking entry to United States' universities. At the individual level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with SAT, Vocabulary, and Analogy test scores. At the national level of…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Cognitive Ability, Correlation, Community Colleges
Owens, Jayanti – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
A growing body of research examines the effects of state affirmative action bans on domestic minority students' application and admission rates. This study expands previous research, considering how Texas's implementation of a race-neutral percent plan influenced admission opportunities for two understudied groups: foreign students and in-state…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Foreign Students, College Applicants, Affirmative Action
Hoover, Eric; Supiano, Beckie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Wake Forest University will no longer require applicants to submit standardized test scores, the university announced last week. The move makes Wake Forest, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, one of the most prominent institutions with a "test optional" admissions policy. The university's decision reveals the increasing complexity of the…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Scores, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Peckham, Irvin – College Composition and Communication, 2009
This essay describes Louisiana State University's search for an alternative to available placement protocols. Under the leadership of Les Perelman at MIT, LSU collaborated with four universities to develop iMOAT, a program for administering online assessments of student writing. This essay focuses on LSU's On-line Challenge, which developed from…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, College Students
O'Shea, Margaret; Heilbronner, Nancy N.; Reis, Sally M. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2010
The issue of gender differences in female math achievement, especially among highly able females has been studied by researchers over the last few decades. The Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT), the most widely used instrument in the screening of college applicants, continues to show large and consistent differences among high-ability students,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Females, Research Methodology, College Applicants
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2009
This publication contains information about community colleges, the largest and fastest growing sector of U.S. higher education. Designed especially for students thinking about studying abroad in America, this publication provides information about: (1) College selection, application and visa processes, traveling to the United States, living in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, College Bound Students, College Choice
Vultaggio, Julie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Over the past several decades, affirmative action has become a widely-debated issue in higher education. According to research, race-sensitive admissions policies engender significant advantages for students of all racial backgrounds, yet critics claim that these benefits are matched by significant costs--particularly in terms of minority student…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Higher Education, Race, Standardized Tests
Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes results from the 2007-2008 program evaluation of Project ADVANCE in the Austin Independent School District.
Descriptors: School Districts, Program Evaluation, College Preparation, Career Development
Siegert, Kara O. – Journal of Education for Business, 2008
Applicants to executive education programs have increased over recent years. Previous researchers had not thoroughly examined admission procedures related to the selection of applicants. In this study, the author examined common admission requirements that researchers and educators have used to predict success in 22 unique executive education…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Management Development, Researchers, Business Administration Education
Wasley, Paula – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The home-school movement, a once-marginalized segment of the educational community, is all grown up and going off to college. As colleges across the nation report increasing numbers of applications from home-schooled students, policies have been developed to evaluate these candidates. Translating years of independent study into something that…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Independent Study, Home Schooling, School Guidance
Saupe, Joe L.; Curs, Bradley R. – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2008
This study is an investigation of the derivation of scores that predict whether or not prospective first-time freshmen will apply or will enroll and whether or not first-time freshman enrollees will graduate using data from the ACT (American College Testing) assessment. Using a regression methodology, four basic scores are derived to be…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, Student Characteristics, Academic Ability, Scores