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Peer reviewedNickel, James W. – Columbia Law Review, 1975
In presenting a framework for analyzing preferential policies that use racial, ethnic, or sexual classifications (modifying the correlation between classifications and relevant characteristic), the author, a defender of preferential policies, discusses objections to those policies that do and do not use racial or ethnic classifications to define…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Competitive Selection, Ethnic Groups, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPorter, John – Integrated Education, 1975
Discusses equality in education within the framework of the ideas of John Rawls, asserting that even though in the real world it is not easy to implement his version of equality and justice without endangering his prior principle of liberty, he provides a philosophical foundation for the reconsideration of the meritocratic principle. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedBiderman, Albert D.; Sharp, Laura M. – Society, 1975
Discusses research which focused on two topics: research conducted for the evaluation of major governmental social programs, and competitive public contracting as the instrumentality for bringing about mobilization of specific resources for that purpose; the need to evaluate public programs has been a major source of expanding demand for social…
Descriptors: Competitive Selection, Federal Programs, Institutional Research, Policy Formation
Peer reviewedHarman, Grant – Higher Education, 1994
This article describes higher education student selection and admission policies and practices in newly industrialized countries in the Asian region, with particular attention to access, selection, the admissions process, equity, and relationship with the labor market. Policies in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, People's Republic of China, Singapore,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, College Admission
Murphy, Michael J.; And Others – 1984
This report analyzes the content and development of the 45 school district career ladder plans submitted in 1984 to the Utah State Office of Education. Descriptive commentary and data tables are used to examine (1) the structure and composition of planning committees; (2) teacher evaluation provisions, including changes in evaluation methods, the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Budgets, Career Ladders, Competitive Selection
Download full textNational Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1982
A National Institute of Education (NIE) statement of policy and procedures is presented regarding administering institutional contracts and grants with regional educational laboratories and research and development centers during fiscal years 1983 and 1984. Definitions are presented of regional educational laboratories and research and development…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Competitive Selection, Contracts
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1989
This hearing is the first of two to consider whether the priority setting, the guidelines, and the competitive process for the funding of 12 proposed research and development centers (which constitute nearly 80% of the budget of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) for center-based research) will be adequate to establish a…
Descriptors: Bids, Competition, Competitive Selection, Educational Research
Manning, Winton H.; And Others – 1977
The selective admissions issue in higher education is examined in this book from three perspectives. Part One on public policy and academic policy includes comments and recommendations by the Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education. A report by Winton H. Manning in Part Two deals with fairness, including: the role of values in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Business Administration, Competitive Selection
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
A National Institute of Education (NIE) policy statement is presented regarding competition for future funding of regional educational laboratories and research and development (R&D) centers with appropriations available for Section 405(f) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). Attention is also directed to continuing eligibility of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Bids, Competitive Selection
