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Brainard, Jeffrey – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2001
Membership in the National Academy of Sciences carries great prestige and the chance to advise Congress. This article discusses critics' questioning of why so few female and minority scholars are let in. (EV)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Competitive Selection, Elitism, Females
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
Download full textMarin, Patricia; Lee, Edgar K. – 2003
In 1999, Florida implemented the One Florida Initiative, a plan to end race-conscious decision making in employment, contracting, and higher education. The proposal for higher education was to replace race-conscious admissions with the Talented 20 Program, a policy that in theory would increase access for underrepresented students without…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Competitive Selection
Horn, Catherine L.; Flores, Stella M. – 2003
Texas, California, and Florida are implementing versions of a percent plan in college admissions. This report assesses these plans using data from published information on the plans; state- and institution-calculated higher education application, admission, and enrollment data; media accounts of social and political contexts surrounding the plans;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Competitive Selection
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1989
The College Admissions Practices Project examined the effects of rising admissions standards on postsecondary minority enrollment. A national survey of 158 institutions gathered data on changes since 1980 in the following areas: enrollment, faculty data, admissions practices, and racially motivated incidents on campus. In addition, questions were…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Students, Competitive Selection
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
Brown, Susan E.; Vasquez, Hector G. – 1982
Eight papers on models for minority access to the legal profession cover outstanding programs which facilitate access to and success in higher education, concentrating on recruitment, retention, and bar passage. Susan Brown's introduction presents statistics on yearly minority enrollment in legal studies through 1981 and discusses policy…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, American Indians
