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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
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Alon, Sigal – Russell Sage Foundation, 2015
No issue in American higher education is more contentious than that of race-based affirmative action. In light of the ongoing debate around the topic and recent Supreme Court rulings, affirmative action policy may be facing further changes. As an alternative to race-based affirmative action, some analysts suggest affirmative action policies based…
Descriptors: Race, Social Class, Affirmative Action, Models
Megargee, Edwin J. – 1990
This is a guidebook written to help graduate students in clinical psychology from a variety of programs obtain internships at training programs across the country. Chapter 1 discloses the politics and power relationship among internship training directors, university faculties, and internship applicants, and describes how they influence guidelines…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Clinical Psychology, Graduate Students, Higher Education
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
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
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
Sparks, Linda, Comp. – 1993
This selective bibliography of approximately 900 items spans works written over several decades, and focuses on all aspects of undergraduate college admissions in the United States. References are included on admission to community colleges, 4-year colleges, and universities. Citations are from the education literature and include books, book…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, Annotated Bibliographies
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
Synnott, Marcia Graham – 1979
The origins, history, and final demise of discriminatory admissions policies at Harvard, Princeton and Yale are examined. It is reported that by the early 1920's the Big Three racial and religious quotas were fully operative in response to the influx of Jews, Catholics, and other new groups that threatened the hegemony of the old-stock Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action
Bailey, Robert L.; Hafner, Anne L. – 1978
The changing role of admission policies and practices as higher education institutions deal with the problems of miniority acess and admissibility is examined in this book. Sections dealing with admission requirements, academic prediction, and major problems in admission practices provide background information on the workings of student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action
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
Slocum, Alfred A., Ed. – 1978
The complete record of the litigation in Alan Bakke v. The Regents of the University of California is contained in these six volumes. Included are all the pleadings, briefs, and arguments reproduced in full text except for minor editing of the oral arguments and data pertaining to the proof of service affidavits of truths. Volume One contains the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Affirmative Action
Thomas, Gail E., Ed. – 1981
The conditions and experiences of black students in higher education in the 1970s are addressed in 27 essays. The essays are categorized in terms of: history and profile; admissions and access; enrollment, academic experience, and career choice; black higher educational survival; recruitment and retention; and structural policies. Among the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Access to Education