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TUCKER, SYLVIA BOLTZ – 1964
CHARACTERISTICS OF 527 STUDENTS IN TWO JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE ANALYZED IN AN ATTEMPT TO RELATE THEIR LEVELS OF COLLEGE ELIGIBILITY (UNIVERSITY, STATE COLLEGE, JUNIOR COLLEGE, OR JUNIOR COLLEGE PROBATION) TO THEIR CONCEPTS OF AN IDEAL COLLEGE, THEIR INTELLECTUAL DISPOSITIONS, THEIR CREATIVE INCLINATIONS, AND THEIR HIGH-SCHOOL GRADE AVERAGES.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Aptitude, Admission Criteria, Creativity
Download full textHardie, Virginia S.; Anderson, John R. – 1971
College Entrance Examination Board Scholastic Aptitude Test decile scores for 1106 university freshmen compared (annually for 7 years) with student achievement, attrition, and graduation showed positive correlation for some academic majors and correlations only at the extremes for other majors. Two hundred, or 36% of all drop-outs, were apparently…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria
Peer reviewedHartman, William T.; Bell, David P. – College and University, 1978
A study focused on two questions: whether the admissions rating scheme of Stanford University could effectively predict academic performance and whether students with different abilities gravitate to different academic departments. The relationship between academic performance and affiliation and such characteristics as sex and ethnic group were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Grade Prediction, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGoldberg, Lewis R. – American Psychologist, 1977
The graduate admissions process at the University of Oregon is described, and some analyses of data from over 1,000 applicants are presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Doctoral Programs, Enrollment, Graduate Students
Peer reviewedAllen, Loring – Change, 1977
The policies and high standards of Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela are related to the general state of higher education in South America. (LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Activism, Admission Criteria, Cultural Context
Beale, Andrew V. – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1972
The present investigation reveals the relative importance attributed to specific requirements for admission by 189 college admissions officers. (Author)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Bound Students, Evaluation Methods
Coleman, James S. – Coll Board Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Admission Criteria, College Choice, Competitive Selection
Peer reviewedScott, Jean A. – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Describes the range of policies, criteria, and weightings used in the process of selecting among candidates for admission in 19 public and private colleges and universities. Notes the need for adequate communications between colleges and the schools previously attended by candidates. (PGD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Evaluation Utilization
Lederman, Douglas – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
The University of Virginia admits proportionately more blacks and children of alumni than other groups. Some other groups also get preferential treatment in admissions: athletes, musicians, artists, applicants from rural areas, children of faculty, female scientists, and other minority group members. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Alumni, Athletes
Peer reviewedCole, Bettie S. – Journal of Social Work Education, 1991
Social work educators are responsible for gatekeeping for the profession, including screening out "unsuitable" program applicants. Educators must exercise caution and beware of legal constraints affecting admissions and retention decisions, as exemplified in court cases and the advice of legal experts. Guidelines can assist social work…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Court Litigation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedThomas, Scott L.; McMahon, Mary E. – International Journal of Educational Management, 1998
Data for over 1,600 students participating in the University of California Education Abroad Program over five years were used to describe student characteristics associated with program participation, with special attention to cultural diversity, academic performance abroad, and minimum academic qualifications (admission criteria and predeparture…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, College Students
Osokoya, Modupe M.; Adekunle, Adewale – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2007
The Leventis Foundation (Nigeria) Agricultural Schools (LFNAS) are schools established to train youths to develop their state and their nation in the area of food production. This study sought to assess the trainability of enrollees in the three operating LFNAS. Five research questions were posed. The CIPP evaluation model was adopted. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Economic Development, Developing Nations
Grandy, Jerilee; Courtney, Rosalea – 1984
The purpose of this project was to identify characteristics of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) candidates planning to study part time, to examine trends in part-time enrollment in colleges requiring the SAT, to investigate college admissions requirements for part-time students, and to determine whether those colleges are concerned about the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Enrollment Trends
Spaeth, Joe L.; Greeley, Andrew M. – 1970
The data for this paper are taken mainly from a longitudinal study of the college graduating class of 1961. Based on a subsample of earlier respondents, this study was primarily concerned with the graduates' evaluation of his college, his opinions on the goals of higher education in general, his opinions on the financing of higher education, and…
Descriptors: Activism, Admission Criteria, Alumni, College Graduates
Whinfield, Richard W. – 1973
Concerned with those students in Connecticut who had completed eighth grate and sought to be admitted to regional vocational-technical schools, this study had as its objectives to: (1) determine the general characteristics of students being served by Regional Vocational Technical Schools in the State, and (2) determine to what extent the schools…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Enrollment, Regional Schools
