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Download full textGunne, Manuel G.; Leslie, Larry L. – 1972
This document analyzes and evaluates the exceptional graduate admissions program at Pennsylvania State University as instituted in 1970. Under this program, traditional admissions criteria are dropped to enable disadvantaged students to attend graduate school. (A previous survey of the Council of Graduate Schools showed that 59% of the member…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities
Peer reviewedCain, Rudolph A. – Educational Forum, 1973
The black graduate student continues to face discrimination at the doctoral level because of widespread belief that black graduates are not research-oriented. (DS)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black Students, Blacks, Doctoral Programs
Goolsby, Thomas M., Jr. – 1974
During the past twenty years, the Law School Admission Test and seven other such tests have been used variously for selection, placement, and advisement of students seeking advanced degrees. The use of a single test for decision making has been proven inadequate, and in fact the test publishers caution against this practice. The use of test…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Civil Rights Legislation, Competitive Selection, Court Litigation
