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Heilman, Michael; Breyer, F. Jay; Williams, Frank; Klieger, David; Flor, Michael – ETS Research Report Series, 2015
Graduate school recommendations are an important part of admissions in higher education, and natural language processing may be able to provide objective and consistent analyses of recommendation texts to complement readings by faculty and admissions staff. However, these sorts of high-stakes, personal recommendations are different from the…
Descriptors: Natural Language Processing, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Referral
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Youngblood, Stuart A.; Martin, Billy J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1982
A nonadditive linear model consisting of both Graduate Management Admission Test scores and undergraduate grades adequately portrayed the decision-making process of a Master of Business Administration program admissions officer. The results are discussed in light of the recent criticisms of the use of standardized tests as admissions criteria.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Business Administration Education
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King, Suzanne; Wolfle, Lee M. – Research in Higher Education, 1987
A LISREL analysis demonstrates the value of regressing reputational ratings on three latent variables: size, faculty research productivity, and the quality of program graduates. The model was tested using National Research Council data for each of six disciplines: English, French, philosophy, geography, political science, and sociology.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Programs, Educational Quality, Graduate Study
Wilson, Kenneth M. – 1979
The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Cooperative Validity Studies Project began in 1975 to fill the need for cooperation between graduate schools and testing agencies and for graduate level validity studies. More than 150 data sets from the 39 participating schools, representing over 19 fields of study, were analyzed. The data confirmed earlier…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, College Entrance Examinations, Departments
Fernandez, Luis – 1978
Based on the assumption that during the next quarter century the academic labor market will be chronically depressed, a project was undertaken to create models for projecting college faculty demographics. In this report the statistical models and the results of their application are explained in detail, including extensive statistical tables.…
Descriptors: Age, Career Change, College Faculty, Demand Occupations