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Peer reviewedSaupe, Joe L. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A procedure for smoothing proportions of a double-entry expectancy table is described. The product is a nomograph from which can be read expectancies from combinations of values of two predictor variables. Use of the procedure in admission of first-year college students, based on students' high school class rank and standardized test composite…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Administration, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedBurgar, Paul – Research in Higher Education, 1994
A Total Quality Management (TQM) approach to enforcing an admissions rule was taken in one master's degree program in lieu of punishing students for infraction. Prevention became possible only after TQM techniques revealed the causes of rule violation. Follow-up shows no new rule infractions for several academic terms. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, Cheating
Peer reviewedFlint, Thomas A. – Research in Higher Education, 1992
A study investigated to what extent parental socioeconomic and educational background and college planning variables (familiarity with admissions, aspirations, financial planning) influenced the kinds of characteristics they looked for in colleges. Subjects were 1,332 parents of eighth graders. Results are presented and discussed in the context of…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Choice, Educational Background, Grade 8
