The author presents results of a national survey of 157 National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration principal representatives. Four topics are analyzed: (1) selection procedures, (2) relative use of entrance criteria, (3) the decision-making process, and (4) key policy issues. A brief discussion of ways to enhance…

Based in part on four-year data collection project concerned with the Asian Pacific admission issue at private and public colleges in California and the Northeast, this article examines Asian Pacific Americans and the obstacles they face in undergraduate admission to colleges. Explores differences in admit rates between Asian Pacific Americans and…

This article identifies the characteristics of learning diabled education majors, examines the underlying legal issues presently affecting teacher education, and proposes equitable guidelines and procedures for ensuring quality preservice training for the learning-disabled. (Author/CB)

Discusses the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and its importance to colleges in admissions decisions. The author describes the admissions process, the role of test scores, and the relationships of class ranks and SAT scores to outcomes in college. (CT)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Proposal 48 requiring that student athletes maintain a minimum academic standard of achievement is not sufficient to stop exploitation and commercialism. An institution's admissions standards should be applied to athletes as they are to all incoming freshmen. (MSE)

American graduate schools need to sharpen their techniques when screening the growing group of foreign applicants requiring professional skills. An institution's admissions process can either enhance its overall institutional quality and prestige or seriously harm it in a short time. (MSE)

A study of the effectiveness of ridge regression over ordinary least squares regression as applied to both cognitive and noncognitive admissions data is reported. Separate race equations and a general equation were used. The analysis used did not improve on existing regression analyses. (MSE)

Elementary choral groups should be select. In every other part of life excellence is rewarded. Selecting the best singers for choir provides opportunities for those children that are necessary in the pursuit of excellence. Standards must be kept high. (RM)

Examined predictors of academic achievement of 111 adult female students to provide information fo reentry admission criteria. Results showed self-confidence and past academic records, even when dated, offered a sound basis for predicting performance. Age, children, and years away from school were unrelated to success. (JAC)

Stanford University (California) has developed a list of medical immunization requirements for incoming students to help stop incidence of rubella and measles. A discussion of these requirements is offered. (DF)

A survey of Canadian and US dental school admissions offices concerning their use of the admissions interview revealed that use of the interview is increasing, interviewers are generally untrained, and schools use the interview to assess applicants' character, motivation, communication ability, knowledge, and intelligence. (MSE)

A noncompensatory selection model for choosing graduate students correctly predicted 61 percent of the successful students. The compensatory model was able to correctly predict only 21 percent of those who succeeded. (RM)

Participants at a national conference on the school/college relationship make comments and recommendations in four areas: college admission policies, the role of testing in college admission, avenues for collaboration, and the impact of college admission standards on high school course enrollment. (MD)

Generally, this paper aims to: (1) provide clarification, quantification, and some mathematical analysis to the statistical problem of restricted range in a college admissions situation; and (2) discuss various questions related to the problem of selection strategies. (Author/PN)

The Career Awareness for Precocious Students (CAPS) program in Virginia Beach, Virginia, provides information to gifted senior secondary students on careers, colleges, and values. Professional Apprenticeship program matches juniors and seniors with community professionals who act as mentors. (MC)