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Choosing Students: Higher Education Admissions Tools for the 21st Century » Read Now
by Wayne J. Camara, Ernest W. Kimmel. 347 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library
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Eliminating Standardized Tests in College Admissions: The New Affirmative Action?, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now
by Rebecca Zwick. 5 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Eliminating Standardized Tests in College Admissions : The New Affirmative Action...reconsideration of the role of tests in college admissions and have focused serious...
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Lessons from Privilege: The American Prep School Tradition ("The College Board System" begins on p. 123) » Read Now
by Arthur G. Powell. 293 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

In this book, a renowned historian of education searches out the lessons that private schooling might offer public education as cries for school reform grow louder. Arthur Powell uses the experience of private education to put the whole schooling enterprise in fresh perspective. He shows how the...
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In this book, a renowned historian of education searches out the lessons that private schooling might offer public education as cries for school reform grow louder. Arthur Powell uses the experience of private education to put the whole schooling enterprise in fresh perspective. He shows how the sense of schools as special communities can help instill passion and commitment in teachers, administrators, and students alike - and how passion and commitment are absolutely necessary for educational success. The power of economic resources, invested fully in schools, also becomes pointedly clear here, as does the value of incentives for teachers and students.
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The Retreat from Race: Asian-American Admissions and Racial Politics » Read Now
by Dana Y. Takagi. 248 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...complaints about Asian admissions is that racist college administrators decided...with the dean of the college, Ann Girgus, and the dean of admissions, Anthony...
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Buying and Selling Higher Education: The Social Construction of the College Applicant, in Journal of Higher Education » Read Now
by Patricia M. McDonough. 20 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...scores and socioeconomic status. College admissions has become a complex, high...to college as the "field of college admissions" 4. I examine changes in this...navigate the...
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Language Diversity in the University: Aspects of Remediation, Open Admissions and Multiculturalism, in Education » Read Now
by Kim C. Francis, Robert J. Kelly, Martha J. Bell. 7 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...educational setting that includes colleges and universities whose policies of open admissions have produced heterogeneous...the realities of modern colleges and...
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Persistence of Special Admissions Students at a Small University, in Education » Read Now
by Rita Laden, Myrna Matranga, Gary Peltier. 6 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...PERSISTENCE OF SPECIAL ADMISSIONS STUDENTS AT A SMALL...After six years of college study the graduation...baccalaureate granting colleges (Astin, 1996). The...universal...
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Identifying Grade Inflation at an Open-Admissions Institution, in College Student Journal » Read Now
by Stephanie McSpirit, Kirk Jones, Ann Chapman, Paula Kopacz. 8 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...less selective colleges and universities...relatively open admissions criteria (Beaver...select body of college students. At any open-admissions institution...increase at...
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A University Helps Prepare Low Income Youths for College, in Journal of Higher Education » Read Now
by William G. Tierney, Alexander Jun. 21 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...University Helps Prepare Low Income Youths for College. by William G. Tierney , Alexander...out students who are better prepared for college-level work. The assumption is...
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The Diversity Dialogues in Higher Education, in Fordham Urban Law Journal » Read Now
by John H. Bunzel. 24 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...hiring of minority workers. (4) College admissions officers quickly interpreted...status of affirmative action in college admissions, suggesting the U.S...
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Making the Grade: The Quest for Validity in Admissions Decisions, in Journal of Social Work Education » Read Now
by William Pelech, Carol A. Stalker, Cheryl Regehr, Marilyn Jacobs. 12 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...proximity of the applicant to his or her home residence. "Admissions source" involved recording whether the student had been admitted...institution as rated by the 1997...
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Forces That Influence Late-Admitted Students, in Community College Review » Read Now
by Dana Freer Weiss. 25 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Experiences in college: Admissions process, testing...being admitted and succeeding in college than earlier admits. This may...reason why some students delay the...
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Perceptions and Practices regarding M.A. Capstone Options and Ph.D. Admission Decisions: A Survey of Communication M.A. and Ph.D. Program Representatives, in Communication Studies » Read Now
by Kathryn M. Olson, Renee A. Meyers, Kristi L. Wilkum. 8 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...representatives report their particular admissions committee weighs most heavily when considering...www.natcom.org), (b) Petersons Guide to Colleges and Universities, and...
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Handbook on Testing (Chap. 13 "Medical School Admissions Testing") » Read Now
by Ronna F. Dillon. 390 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

The Handbook on Testing highlights major work in educational, psychological, technical, and occupational testing in public and private sectors. Theoretical issues in measurement are discussed. Standards for tests and testing professionals are described. In addition, a range of test environments...
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The Handbook on Testing highlights major work in educational, psychological, technical, and occupational testing in public and private sectors. Theoretical issues in measurement are discussed. Standards for tests and testing professionals are described. In addition, a range of test environments, testing programs, and groups of examinees are included. A variety of suggestions for improving the use of tests for selection and classification are given. Examples of programs linking testing with training are also provided, and the use of tests to promote learning is described.
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Selecting Graduate Students, in Journal of Higher Education » Read Now
by William J. Brink. 7 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the usual four-year college program is no longer...problem the committee on admissions of the graduate school...attention in deciding admissions are the...