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Zelmanova, Olga; Korsnakova, Paulina; Tramonte, Lucia; Willms, J. Douglas – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
Like many other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, children in Slovakia are allocated to different types of schools at an early age based upon their perceived aptitude. Part of the selection process includes an attempt to identify those children who are particularly academic-oriented. Primary and secondary education in Slovakia is divided…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students, Secondary Schools
Wilmouth, David – 1991
This paper examines the controversies surrounding the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and its use in college admissions policies. An early section reviews the history and development of the test. Next the essay reviews a series of challenges to the SAT: many argue that the structure of the examination is biased against women and minorities. Others…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Economically Disadvantaged
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
Smith, Theresa Y. – 1992
A study was conducted of the extent to which the factors of selectivity in freshman admissions, ethnic background, and gender affect the retention and graduation rates of university students. Longitudinal retention data collected from 28 institutions in the Big Eight, Big Ten, and the Southern University Group (SUG) for the first-time freshmen…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
Hudson, J. Blaine – 1990
The University of Louisville (Kentucky) adopted a policy of using American College Test (ACT) scores and high school grades as admission criteria, while allowing students who did not qualify an opportunity to demonstrate their actual level of preparation through additional testing and an interview. This study of 508 minimum admission applicants…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Admission Criteria
Schlechty, Phillip C. – 1990
This monograph examines preservice teacher education from the perspective of the sociologist. It emphasizes the need for furthering the cause of professionalism among teachers through the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes, beliefs, and orientations of a profession, a process referred to as a socialization system. The publication offers a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Cobb, Donald K.; And Others – 1984
The state of Kentucky has recently raised its standards for persons who apply for admission to teacher education. The plan, mandated by the State Board of Education, involves a selection/retention process for candidates who apply for initial admission to the program and for candidates who progress through the program. A minimum level of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations
Reynolds, David – 1987
Comprehensive or nonselective schools have been in existence in the United Kingdom for over 40 years, having gradually replaced the old selective system of grammar schools for able pupils and secondary modern schools for less able pupils. In spite of their growth in numbers, comprehensive schools have been subject to continual controversy, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Competitive Selection
Morris, Lorenzo; And Others – 1981
This fourth report of the Institute for the Study of Educational Policy examines the status of black Americans in higher education from 1970 to 1979, with special consideration to a discussion of a basis of parity which takes into account the rapid growth of the black population and to enrollment patterns in traditionally black institutions of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Differences, Black Achievement, Black Institutions
Braveman, Marilyn – 1978
An explanation of the Bakke case, traditional admissions procedures, current trends and descriptions of six highly selective current programs and their admissions criteria are presented. In the Bakke case, the Supreme Court held that universities may not set quotas, i.e., reserve fixed numbers of places for blacks or members of other minority…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, College Admission
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1980
The effectiveness of institutional, state, and federal efforts to expand educational participation in California is examined in this third of a three-report series on equal opportunity in California postsecondary education. The purposes of this report are to: (1) review the progress made during the past five years, (2) identify the barriers to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, American Indians, College Students
Manning, Winton H.; And Others – 1977
The selective admissions issue in higher education is examined in this book from three perspectives. Part One on public policy and academic policy includes comments and recommendations by the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education. A report by Winton H. Manning in Part Two deals with fairness, including: the role of values in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Business Administration, Competitive Selection
Basturk, Ramazan – Online Submission, 1999
Purpose: This paper will: (1) review the validity of the Graduate Record Examination for predicting international students' Graduate Grade Point Average (GGPA); and (2) inspect possible social, cultural and language bias or learning style differences in the prediction of international students' performance from Graduate Record Examination (GRE)…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Study, Cognitive Style, Grade Point Average
Rigol, Gretchen W. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2004
This is the fourth monograph in the admissions models series. Based on discussions at a June 2004 conference and conversations with numerous admissions experts, this publication describes different approaches to individualized review and covers topics such as standardizing elements of the application, reader training and guidelines, consistency…
Descriptors: Individualized Programs, College Admission, Models, Program Descriptions
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Finkin, Matthew W. – Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 1979
The structure and reasoning of Justice Powell's decision in the Bakke case are examined with specific reference to the concepts of institutional autonomy and academic freedom. (BH)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Constitutional Law
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