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Direct linkLa Noue, George R. – Academic Questions, 2003
Given the overwhelming popular appeal of merit-based college admissions, George La Noue advocates a new transparency in how colleges and universities select their students. He has some suggestions about how colleges might comply with court-mandated requirements for case-by-case evaluations. He also provides hints from which NAS members might…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Competitive Selection
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
Fetter, Jean H. – 1995
This is a first-hand account of the process used in selecting undergraduates at Stanford University (California) between 1984 and 1991. The topics covered are also relevant to the procedures followed in many four-year colleges throughout the United States. There are sections on the use and abuse of standardized tests and on special considerations…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, Affirmative Action
Tesolowski, Dennis G.; Wichowski, Chester P. – 1981
A two-phase study was conducted in order (1) to develop a profile of admission standards and practices which were being used by forty public occupational education programs in Florida; and (2) to enhance the state-of-the-art encompassing admission procedures by identifying the degree of equity associated with 19 admission standards as perceived by…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Affirmative Action
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
