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Improving Admission of Low-SES Students at Selective Colleges: Results From an Experimental Simulation
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Bastedo, Michael N.; Bowman, Nicholas A. – Educational Researcher, 2017
Low-socioeconomic status (SES) students are underrepresented at selective colleges, but the role that admissions offices play is poorly understood. Because admissions offices often have inconsistent information on high school contexts, we conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine whether providing detailed information on high school…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Colleges, Selective Admission, Randomized Controlled Trials
Academic Preparation of Specially-Admitted Student-Athletes: A Question of Basic Skills
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Winters, Carla A.; Gurney, Gerald S. – College and University, 2012
When considering any type of alternative or special admission processes for incoming students, the university is charged with taking into account traditional admissions criteria such as high school grade point average (GPA) and standardized test scores as well as other attributes. These "other attributes" frequently include pressure to…
Descriptors: Selective Admission, Grade Point Average, Admission Criteria, Reading Skills
Merit and Competition in Selective College Admissions
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Killgore, Leslie – Review of Higher Education, 2009
Using interview data from 34 admissions officers at 17 elite colleges, this paper compares two perspectives shaping admissions policy. Admissions officers apply a "merit" perspective that relies on indicators of student academic and nonacademic achievement. They also employ a "competition" perspective that evaluates student characteristics…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Competition, Selective Admission, College Admission
The Ethics of Need-Blind Admission.
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Jump, James W. – Journal of College Admission, 1995
Discusses the need for consensus about the ethics of need-blind admission by focusing on principles concerning the practice of college admissions. Argues that colleges should not abandon need-blind admissions but should, instead, remove expectations that colleges should meet the full needs of all the students they accept. (RJM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers
College Admission Practices and the Advanced Placement Program.
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Hershey, Susanne W. – Journal of College Admissions, 1990
A survey questionnaire was distributed to admissions officers at 63 undergraduate institutions in the northeastern U.S. and Ohio to assess the range of practices and points of view concerning the effect of advanced placement course work and examination scores on the admission process at these institutions. Results suggest considerable variance in…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Admissions Officers, Advanced Placement
College Admissions: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. Bibliographies and Indexes in Education, No. 11.
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