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Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth, Ed.; Yudelson, Michael, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2018
The 11th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2018) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Templeton Landing in Buffalo, New York. This year's EDM conference was highly competitive, with 145 long and short paper submissions. Of these, 23 were accepted as full papers and 37…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Computer Science Education, Program Proposals
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Kretchmar, Jennifer – Journal of College Admission, 2006
Many colleges and universities receive thousands of applications for freshman admission every year. To facilitate the process of evaluating each and every applicant in a relatively short amount of time, schools often devise quantitative ratings scales to summarize student characteristics. The ratings give readers a shorthand way to communicate the…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Reliability, College Admission, College Applicants
Krueger, Alan; Rothstein, Jesse; Turner, Sarah – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2006
In Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Justice Sandra Day O'Connor conjectured that in 25 years affirmative action in college admissions will be unnecessary. We project the test score distribution of black and white college applicants 25 years from now, focusing on the role of black-white family income gaps. Economic progress alone is unlikely to narrow…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, African Americans, Whites, College Applicants
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2007
This document reviews the results of five different reports related to admission standards and measures of achievement for first-time entering freshmen at South Carolina public senior colleges and universities. This document summarizes the results of five different reports related to admission standards and to measures of achievement of first-time…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Achievement, Prerequisites, Enrollment Trends
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Arnold, Larry R.; And Others – Journal of Education for Business, 1996
Data from 3 successful executive master of business administration classes (n=126) identified subjective factors to add to quantitative factors (scores, grade point average) used to predict student performance. The Graduate Management Admission Test remains the best single indicator, but qualitative factors enhance the predictive ability of the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Applicants, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
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Clotfelter, Charles T.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Journal of Human Resources, 2003
Using data on applicants to three selective colleges and an optimal search model, the impact of admission policies on applicants' retaking the Scholastic Assessment Test was assessed. The most common score-ranking policy encourages retakes, disadvantaging those with high test-taking costs, pessimistic self-beliefs, or low impressions of the value…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Decision Making
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Boatwright, Micheal A.; Ouimet, Judith A.; Middleton, Tracy – College and University, 1999
A study examined the relationship between the colleges students select initially to receive their college entrance examination scores (high-choice set) and their choice of institution to attend (college-of-enrollment). Data were drawn from records of 105,000 students taking the American College Testing (ACT) examination and enrolling in 1994. A…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Choice, College Entrance Examinations
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Appleby, Marjory L. – Journal of College Admissions, 1986
Criticizes the game-playing of students who participate in Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) preparation courses, are tutored, and take the SAT again and again to render themselves eligible for the college of their choice. Advocates the matching of academically compatible students and colleges without this artificial score boosting. (KS)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Admission Criteria, College Admission
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Angoff, William H. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1989
Data from 10,000 college applicants, who had taken the Scholastic Aptitude Test-Verbal, were used to assess claims that guessing improves formula scores. Number of items attempted, a guessing index, the formula score, and an approximation of an ability score were obtained. Success in guessing is proportional to examinee ability. (TJH)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Guessing (Tests)
Perfetto, Greg – College Board Review, 2002
Uses the example of Vanderbilt University's predicted grade point average model to discuss the use of empirical criteria (such as high school grades and standardized test scores) within a comprehensive approach when predicting the future academic success of college applicants. (EV)
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, Evaluation Criteria, Grade Point Average
Kallio, Ruth E.; Spielvogel, Jennifer A. – 1989
A survey was conducted of a sample of 716 well-qualified students who sent their American College Testing Program (ACT) scores to the University of Michigan but subsequently did not apply for admission. Telephone interviews resulted in 574 completed interviews, for an 80% response rate. The interview instrument elicited information regarding the…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Choice, Decision Making
Wang, Xiang Bo; Harris, Vincent F. – 1996
Although the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has been administered to Chinese test takers in Taiwan and Hong Kong for more than 22 years, and in China for the past decade, there is very little documentation on the history, test taker volumes, performance, and law school admission rates of these candidates. This study reviewed the history of LSAT…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Kreiter, Clarence D.; Yin, Ping; Solow, Catherine; Brennan, Robert L. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2004
Purpose: Determining the valid and fair use of the interview for medical school admissions is contingent upon a demonstration of the reproducibility of interview scores. This study seeks to establish the generalizability of interview scores, first assessing the existing research evidence, and then analyzing data from a non-experimental independent…
Descriptors: Evidence, Generalizability Theory, Replication (Evaluation), Reliability
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, 2006
This document reviews the results of five different reports related to admission standards and measures of achievement for first-time entering freshmen at South Carolina public senior colleges and universities. This document summarizes the results of five different reports related to admission standards and to measures of achievement of first-time…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Achievement, Prerequisites, Enrollment Trends
Yost, Michael – 1984
Recruiting and admissions trends at Trinity University during 1981-1984 are discussed, with attention to freshman applicants, tuition and room deposits, and Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores. Fluctuations in the rate of receipt of applications within a year seemed to be influenced most by deadlines. The rates at which applications were…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Admission, College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations
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