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Hoover, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Discusses a new study which found that even as the number of high school graduates fell over the past 20 years, competition for college applicants increased. (EV)
Descriptors: College Admission, Competitive Selection, Educational Demand, Higher Education
Hoover, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Describes how the Gates Millennium Scholars program uses nontraditional criteria to award grants to low-income minority students. Profiles the first three recipients. (EV)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Competitive Selection, Evaluation Criteria, Minority Groups
Direct linkHoover, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The college admissions process teaches students how to express themselves during interviews, how to describe their best qualities in application essays. It may also make them wary of college marketing campaigns, and skeptical of being treated as a statistics, due to the large role played by standardized-test scores and grade-point averages. Such…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, College Applicants, Standardized Tests, Marketing
