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Download full textWolf, Fredric M.; And Others – 1983
The predictive and incremental validity of both the Old and New Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) was examined and compared with a sample of over 300 medical students. Results of zero order and incremental validity coefficients, as well as prediction models resulting from all possible subsets regression analyses using Mallow's Cp criterion,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Biology, Chemistry
Peer reviewedPhelps, M. Overton; Swann, Claire C. – College and University, 1986
Twenty highly selective colleges were surveyed to discover the effect on admissibility of a hypothetical high school senior taking a vocational course during the senior year instead of a second advanced placement course. While none would admit the vocational course participant, most would admit his dual-AP-course counterpart. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement, College Admission, College Bound Students
PDF pending restorationMann, Jeffrey A.; Fasolo, Peter M. – 1992
This study examined whether individuals in higher education who are exposed to a hiring rationale based on a diversity value (minority group differences are valuable and should be relevant criteria for employment decisions in higher education) will rate affirmative action as fairer than those exposed to a compensation rationale (minority status is…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Comparative Analysis, Competitive Selection, Cultural Differences
Hendel, Darwin D.; Solberg, Jeanne – 1983
Sex differences in faculty members' use of and evaluation of sabbaticals and leaves taken at a large research university were examined. Attention was directed to sex differences in two faculty programs: a competitive leave program, established in 1954, which awards faculty a leave for one quarter at full pay; and a noncompetitive sabbatical…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Competitive Selection, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedMenacker, Julius – College and University, 1979
The concept of equal educational opportunity in Germany has been limited by traditions of class rigidity and elitism. Faced with inordinate demand for admission, the German response has been to institute a limited admission policy. Generous financial aid and a policy of unlimited time for study have exacerbated admission pressures. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Comparative Analysis
Webster, David S. – 1980
Based on the assumption that more affluent colleges can attract more able students, a study was undertaken to find exceptions to this rule. It looked for affluent colleges that are relatively unselective and less affluent colleges that are selective. The purpose was to understand how college characteristics are related to selectivity. A…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Colleges, College Admission, 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
Carroll, C. Dennis – 1977
Three alternative strategies for college selection, their associated cost and benefits are described in this study. These include a strict meritocratic procedure, a minority quota procedure and a disadvantaged quota procedure. The strict meritocratic procedure was operationalized in terms of predicted probability of success; the minority quota…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Clark, Burton R. – 1995
This volume, the second in a two-volume work, builds on an international study of the research university in Germany, Britain, France, the United States and Japan, to explore the role and function of the research university and the relationship between teaching, research and graduate study. Part 1 lays the foundation for comparative analysis by…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Role, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Peer reviewedRemus, William; Wong, Clara – College Student Journal, 1982
Evaluates the effectiveness of five admission models in predicting student performance in a Masters of Business Administration program. Found the regression model predicts graduate success better than the other models, but none of the models improved upon the admission officer's judgment. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, Business Administration Education
Warren, Johathan R. – 1976
Equations for the prediction of college grades from test scores and high school grades were compared for Mexican-Americans and other students at three universities of the California State University and Colleges system. With rare exceptions, regression equations for the prediction of grades for Mexican-Americans did not differ from those for other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Wilke, Arthur S., Ed. – 1979
The paradoxical state of academe's attempt to crowd individuals into institutions of higher education at a time when jobs for them are evaporating has created a conflict within the academic personnel community for non-tenured faculty struggling to survive. Case studies representing actual experiences of some individuals directly involved in the…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Access to Education, Career Ladders, Case Studies
