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Download full textMORSE, STANLEY J.; GERGEN, KENNETH J. – 1967
TO DISCOVER HOW A PERSON'S (P) SELF-CONCEPT IS AFFECTED BY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ANOTHER (O) WHO SUDDENLY APPEARS IN THE SAME SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, SEVERAL QUESTIONNAIRES, INCLUDING THE GERGEN-MORSE (1967) SELF-CONSISTENCY SCALE AND HALF THE COOPERSMITH SELF-ESTEEM INVENTORY, WERE ADMINISTERED TO 78 UNDERGRADUATE MEN WHO HAD ANSWERED AN AD FOR WORK…
Descriptors: College Students, Competitive Selection, Interpersonal Relationship, Self Concept
Peer reviewedSnyder, Douglas S. – Journal of Higher Education, 1972
Describes methods of retaining potential dropouts at private, selective-admissions colleges and public, open-admissions colleges. (HS)
Descriptors: College Students, Competitive Selection, Dropout Prevention, Open Enrollment
Curatola, Anthony P.; Dascher, Paul E. – Journal of College Placement, 1978
The attitudes reported support the viability of the preselection process and conform with attitudes held by campus interviewers and prospective employers. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Competitive Selection, Employment Interviews, Employment Opportunities
Thain, Richard J. – Journal of College Placement, 1978
University of Chicago students find that bidding for space on interview schedules means a return to order. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Competitive Selection, Employment Interviews, Employment Opportunities
Swails, Richard G.; Hess, H. Richard – Journal of College Placement, 1978
Describes the "preliminary selection" system implemented at Penn State University as a response to the failure of the "first come, first served" system to handle employment interview sign-ups. (BP)
Descriptors: College Students, Competitive Selection, Employment Interviews, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedPerlberg, Arye; Navon, Esther – Higher Education, 1972
Reviews differences in students rejected and accepted to an engineering school in Israel. (HS)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Students, Competitive Selection, Engineering Education
Peer reviewedGoolsby, Thomas M., Jr; Williamson, Donald A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Competitive Selection, Grade Point Average, Military Science
Peer reviewedLiebert, Diane E.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Competitive Selection, Decision Making
Kauffman, Warren E. – Journal of College Placement, 1978
A variety of arguments, both pro and con, are presented concerning the desirability of prescreening job applicants according to grade averages, resumes, or other criteria. (BP)
Descriptors: College Students, Competitive Selection, Employment Interviews, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedSmith, Kay H. – Journal of Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Competitive Selection
Peer reviewedKurecka, Paul M.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1982
Examined the effect of coaching on leaderless group discussion performance. Female undergraduates (N=36) participated in six-person assigned role leaderless group discussions. Results showed that students in the full coaching conditions were rated significantly higher than students in the errant or naive conditions. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, College Students, Competitive Selection, Females
NICHOLS, ROBERT C. – 1965
SCALES FOR PREDICTING 1ST-YEAR COLLEGE GRADES AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENT WERE DEVELOPED BY ITEM ANALYSIS FROM EACH OF FOUR ITEM POOLS--THE CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY (CPI), THE VOCATIONAL PREFERENCE INVENTORY (VPI), AN ADJECTIVE CHECK LIST (ACL), AND AN EXPERIMENTAL OBJECTIVE BEHAVIOR INVENTORY (OBI)--USING A SAMPLE OF 1,013 NATIONAL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Bibliographies, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedPeretti, Peter O. – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Color, Competitive Selection
Johnson, Dennis L. – AGB Reports, 1979
Marketing of higher education does not have to include gimmicks, and promotion is only one segment of such a program. Marketing means understanding the institution's strengths and weaknesses, determining the kinds of students it can best serve, and deciding where these students can be found. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: College Students, Competitive Selection, Educational Demand, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedSchaffner, Paul E. – Journal of Higher Education, 1985
Bowdoin College has allowed applicants to submit or withhold SAT scores since 1970. Admissions operations under this policy are reviewed. The validity of the SAT is evaluated, and the academic records of matriculated submitters are compared with the withholders. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests
