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Download full textTanner, David E. – 2003
Colleges and universities commonly require multiple tests for their various admissions and placement decisions. The point of this analysis was to determine the degree to which three standardized tests involving eight subtests all administered to the same applicants provided nonredundant information. The instruments were the California Basic…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Students, Higher Education
Schrecongost, Jonette – 2000
This study analyzed the criteria used in Harrison County, WV, to select students to participate in an accelerated mathematics program. The program's main component is an eighth grade Algebra I course that enables the students to complete five years of college preparatory mathematics, ending with calculus. The scores used as selection criteria,…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Admission Criteria, Algebra, Grade 8
Rust, Bill – 1999
In 1992, the Annie E. Casey Foundation launched the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), which sought to demonstrate that communities could improve their detention systems without sacrificing public safety. It awarded grants to five urban jurisdictions in order to: reach consensus among all juvenile justice agencies about the purpose…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Cooperative Planning, Delinquency
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 2003
On March 28, 2003 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a report titled "Race-Neutral Alternatives in Postsecondary Education: Innovative Approaches to Diversity." The purpose of this report is to describe a number of race-neutral approaches that postsecondary institutions across the United States are using. This staff assessment by the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Class Rank, College Admission
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2004
In April 2004, the Postsecondary Education Commission released its 2003 University Eligibility study. This study estimated the percentage of California public high school graduates who met the admission requirements of the California State University and the University of California (UC). The Assembly Higher Education Committee requested that the…
Descriptors: Eligibility, High School Graduates, Admission Criteria, Higher Education
Rigol, Gretchen W. – College Entrance Examination Board, 2003
This report represents the third phase in the College Board Admissions Models Project. The first two phases of the project are summarized in two monographs: "Toward a Taxonomy of the Admissions Decision-Making Process" (1999) identifies nine different philosophical approaches to admissions and related selection criteria; and "Best…
Descriptors: College Admission, Decision Making, Models, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewedFruen, Mary A.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1974
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Females, Higher Education, Males
Phelps, M. Overton; Swann, Claire C. – College Board Review, 1973
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Peer reviewedParker, Kellis E.; Stebman, Betty J. – Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1973
The story of blacks in legal education is viewed in the natural history of matriculation in law schools; admissions, financial aid, attrition, bar examinations, placement are discussed. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Blacks, Educational History, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBegun, Martin S. – Journal of Medical Education, 1973
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Higher Education, Legal Problems
Peer reviewedFoster, Edward – Change, 1973
Describes Japan's archaic university admissions system. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Admission, Competitive Selection
Peer reviewedRosenberg, Mark L. – Journal of Medical Education, 1973
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Educational Supply, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLaverdier, Rita – Nursing Outlook, 1973
Descriptors: Acceleration, Admission Criteria, College Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation
Peer reviewedWilson, Holly Skodol; Chater, Shirley S. – Nursing Outlook, 1973
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Curriculum, Conformity, Creativity
Peer reviewedWiddas, W. F. – Education in Chemistry, 1973
Discusses the scope of physiology and activities undertaken by physiologists. Indicates that a better understanding of the basic actions of cells and organs is the objective of physiological research. (CC)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Opportunities, Chemistry, Educational Opportunities
