University admissions policies have been subject to scrutiny and change over the last several years and have reflected, in turn, the point of view of the institution, society, and the student. This research report discusses the period of the sixties when the poles of merit versus equal opportunity shaped the admissions debate along with questions…

Included are three studies, each dealing with an aspect of comparative validity of the American College Test (ACT) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) at selective colleges. The first study considered the predictive efficiency of the ACT test scores and ACT test scores plus high school grades at 120 colleges, separated into three groups…

The purpose of the thesis was to present the procedure and techniques used to select the fourth annual recipient of the Rear Admiral John J. Shieffelin Award for Excellence in Teaching. The data and results were analyzed and compared with the results from the previous year. Findings indicate that the best teacher in each of the eleven academic…

The report gives the results of the 1974 joint student selection entrance test for English, administered simultaneously at the universities of Joensuu, Jyvaskyla and Turku. The test battery comprised 309 multiple-choice items and was completed by 843 candidates. Hirvonen's paper examines problems of student selection and theoretical aspects of…

This document reports the test of an experimental procedure designed by the Albany Medical College (AMC) to systematically reduce a large pool of applicants to one of manageable proportions for interviewing purposes. Data on nine predictor variables were coded and keypunched on 80-column cards for each applicant to September 1972 and 1973…

As a result of the high unemployment rate, the business educator must review the office training curriculum and reassess priorities. The office training program should not only emphasize basic office skills, but in addition, strategies should be presented which students can use in their job search. (Author/BP)

Discusses the effects of a hypothetical policy restricting entry to American colleges on the basis of academic standards, with those failing to meet the standard being forced to go to work. Examines the merits of the policy in the context of conservative and liberal educational reform movements. Focuses on the perceived economic and social…

Recruiting and selecting first-year residents is a laborious and costly process for both the applicant and the institution. A methodology which may improve the quality of selection and decrease the number of faculty hours invested is presented. (Author/MLW)

Bowdoin College has allowed applicants to submit or withhold SAT scores since 1970. Admissions operations under this policy are reviewed. The validity of the SAT is evaluated, and the academic records of matriculated submitters are compared with the withholders. (Author/MLW)

It is recommended that doctoral programs for teacher educators be restructured to foster cooperative rather than competitive interaction as an initial step in reorienting the entire educational system toward cooperative models. (GW)

The contemporary problem of culture-fair selection exists largely because currently used predictors provide only weak prediction of college success. The Scholastic Aptitude Test may add little to the validity of High School Grade Point Average as a predictor of Grade Point Average. When this occurs for ethnic minorities who score low on the SAT,…

A narrative of the author's experiences as a participant observer of a senior high school class, focusing on his relationship with one student who applied to Yale and was accepted. (JM)

Observations made here are based on many discussions and visits over a three month period. (MB)

Describes the People's Republic of China system of enrollment in the post-Mao period, and analyzes the effects these new admission policies have had on social background distribution of Chinese university students, the changing patterns of authority, and the effects of the enrollment policy on admission of women. (Author/AH)