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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
Ramey, Madelaine – 1979
This report describes the student selection process and its results for the Horizon Program, a magnet program for gifted students conducted in Seattle, Washington public schools in 1978-1979. In the first section various measures used to determine students' creative, academic, intellectual, and leadership capabilities for program admission are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Competitive Selection, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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
Direct linkDemaine, Jack – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2006
This paper is concerned with the longstanding question of policy for those referred to nearly half a century ago by the Crowther Report as the "bottom half"; those mainly working class children who, in a sense, are "selected for failure". The issue of selection is a matter of concern in countries around the world and has been…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, At Risk Students
Burn, Barbara B., Ed. – 1978
As part of a study of access and admission to higher education in Germany and the United States, a group of papers on medical admissions in various countries was commissioned. The papers presented in this book reveal wide differences in admissions policies and procedures. Barbara Burn examines some of the major issues in a foreword: representation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Comparative Education
Download full textTesolowski, Dennis G.; Wichowski, Chester P. – 1981
A two-phase study was conducted in order (1) to develop a profile of admission standards and practices which were being used by forty public occupational education programs in Florida; and (2) to enhance the state-of-the-art encompassing admission procedures by identifying the degree of equity associated with 19 admission standards as perceived by…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Affirmative Action
