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Willingham, Warren W.; Breland, Hunter M. – 1982
The extent to which personal and academic factors are important in college admission decisions was studied in 1978, based on data on 25,000 applicants to 9 colleges (Colgate University, Williams College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Kenyon College, Kalamazoo College, Occidental College, Hartwick College, University of Richmond, and Bucknell…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Admission Criteria, Church Related Colleges
Manski, Charles F.; And Others – 1983
The processes of choosing a college and being accepted by a college are analyzed, based on data on nearly 23,000 seniors from more than 1,300 high schools from the National Longitudinal Study of the Class of 1972. Econometric modeling and descriptive statistics are provided on: student behavior in selecting a college, choosing school/nonschool…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Aptitude Tests, Class Rank, College Admission
