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Tutton, Peter J. M. – Australian Journal of Education, 1994
The process of developing a medical school applicant interview that focuses on nonacademic student attributes is described. Monash University (Australia) looked at four personal attributes in evaluating applicants for undergraduate medical education: (1) quality of motivation; (2) appropriateness of cognitive style; (3) appropriateness of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Cognitive Style, College Admission
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Smyth, Frederick L. – Journal of College Admission, 1995
Studied whether there are trends in how college admission officers are using the Enhanced ACT Assessment (ACT) or the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I), particularly when a student submits both. Found 93% of respondents were satisfied with either test. Methods of emphasizing or combining a test's scores varied significantly by state. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Admissions Counseling
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Figueroa, Richard A. – Educational Record, 1995
The nation's experience with ethnic and racial minorities is being radically redefined in California, where demographic shifts are being addressed more effectively by the business community than by higher education. The University of California and the state's public education system are gradually coming to terms with their responsibility for…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Change Strategies, College Admission, College Instruction
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Haberman, Martin – Peabody Journal of Education, 1995
Presents guidelines to inform teacher education programs aspiring to prepare teachers for working in impoverished urban schools: (1) attributes of preservice teacher candidates, (2) teacher educator expertise, (3) knowledge, behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, and values to be learned by prospective teachers, (4) educational methods, and (5) program…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
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Everett, James E.; Armstrong, Robert W. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1990
A University of Western Australia market segmentation study for the masters program in business administration examined the relationship between Graduate Management Admission Test scores, work experience, faculty of undergraduate degree, gender, and academic success in the program. Implications of the results for establishing admission criteria…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Bachelors Degrees, Business Administration Education, College Administration
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McTarnaghan, Roy E. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1990
Experience with student outcomes assessment in the Florida state university system suggests that precollegiate interventions, including raising admission and retention standards, can improve minority success in college. The more demanding policies have focused on the skill levels needed for academic success and on the need for college-preparatory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, College Preparation
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Academic Medicine, 1999
The theme issue of the journal contains 30 articles concerning educational strategies and initiatives designed to strengthen the preparation and recruitment of students for medical education. Most of the articles describe specific programs at the elementary, secondary, higher, and graduate education levels. Others explore aspects of medical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Admission
Fields, Cheryl D. – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1998
Discusses barriers to African-American student progress, persistence, and achievement in science and engineering graduate study, including lack of encouragement, bias in graduate school admission criteria, lower faculty expectations of black students, financial support and fellowship structures, lack of opportunity to become professionally…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Black Students
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Basco, William Thomas, Jr.; Buchbinder, Sharon Bell; Duggan, Anne Kaszuba; Wilson, Modena Hoover – Academic Medicine, 1998
Study using Association of American Medical Colleges data investigated relationship between medical school admission practices at public and private institutions and proportions of matriculants at each school interested in general practice, rural practice, practice in socioeconomically deprived areas. Results show public schools and those with…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice, College Admission
Engel, C., Ed.; And Others – Annals of Community-Oriented Education, 1993
This volume presents 33 papers addressing various aspects of community-oriented education; lists relevant and current books, articles and papers; and provides basic information about the Network of Community-Oriented Educational Institutions for Health Sciences, the international non-governmental organization. The papers are grouped into seven…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Choice, Comparative Education
Flanagan, Patricia A. – 1992
This report examines state policies and policy development activities regarding student preparation for college. Three policy areas are the focus of the analysis: (1) raising admissions requirements for public four-year colleges, (2) providing regular feedback to high schools on student preparation, and (3) establishing statewide merit aid…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Rodriguez, Esther M. – 1995
The experiences of 10 states described in this paper illustrate how higher education can be a constructive force for change in the schools, and how the changes taking place in school-based curriculum and assessment provide valuable lessons for collegiate reform. The 10 states profiled are California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, New…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education)
Saupe, Joe L.; Long, Shawna – 1996
A study investigated the appropriateness of admissions standards used for transfer students to the University of Missouri-Columbia, by analyzing the relationship between several possible predictor variables (number of transfer credits, transfer grade point average, type of previous institution, type of associate degree earned) and targeted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Case Studies
King, Franklin L.; And Others – 1995
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) recently established the "Technology Scholarship Program for Alabama Teachers" (TSPAT). Jacksonville State University (JSU) is one of the state institutions participating in the program, which was funded by Act 93-636 of the Alabama Legislature. The program addresses technological…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Jarwan, Fathi A.; And Others – 1993
This study used a combination of qualitative and quantitative research designs to analyze and evaluate procedures used in selecting youth for state-supported residential high schools for mathematics and science. Pre-admission and post-admission data were gathered for 742 students in 7 schools. Predictor variables included home school grade point…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Administrator Attitudes
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