Survey results indicated that very few blacks are entering the large, primarily white universities. While many schools have established special programs for blacks, the admissions procedures used for these programs and for regular black admissions remain very traditional. (Author)

The Simulated Minority Admissions Exercise, an educational technique that simulates a typical medical school admissions situation, is described. The main objective is to help medical schools to select potentially successful minority applicants and to improve their retention by ensuring that they enter medical school under positive circumstances.…

Results from 109 of 110 large universities showed a national increase in new black freshman enrollment from three percent in 1969 to six percent in 1973. Schools most successful in enrolling blacks tended to emphasize academic programs, and least successful schools tended to emphasize money. (Author)

A study of the effectiveness of ridge regression over ordinary least squares regression as applied to both cognitive and noncognitive admissions data is reported. Separate race equations and a general equation were used. The analysis used did not improve on existing regression analyses. (MSE)

Measures commonly used in admissions and scholarship selection in higher education are discussed. Alternative measures that may improve assessments for the increasingly diverse applicants to colleges and universities are evaluated. (Contains 62 references.) (Author)

Support for the position that students should be selected by race-sex subgroups centers around studies which show no or negative relationships between traditional predictors and college grades for black students and that if traditional predictors are employed, optimum validity is achieved by separate equations of cut-off scores for each race-sex…

Two examples cited here show how research at the University of Maryland's Cultural Study Center influenced controversial issues within the university. In one case research results influenced university admission policies (by showing that admission criteria were unfair to blacks). In the second instance research showing the existence of prejudice…

In the prediction of black student success in higher education, there is a need to go beyond currently used predictors and criteria. The Cultural Study Center at the University of Maryland has begun a systematic effort to examine the utility of present predictors (e.g. SAT scores, high school grades), explore other available variables for use as…

Problems with current predictors of success for graduate students (Graduate Record Examinations and grades) include restriction of range artifacts, grade inflation, and the increasing diversity of examinees. A case is made as to why noncognitive variables can add to the validity of selecting graduate students. Legal, moral, ethical, and…

As community colleges have more applicants, more programs have turned to selective admissions. Additionally, good postmatriculation advising requires more useful assessments than have been possible employing such measures as prior grade-point average (GPA). A variety of problems have been identified in relying on GPA. A series of noncognitive…

The authors conducted a survey to study the percentage of minority students enrolled during 1974 in 109 major universities and the admissions policies of those universities. Results indicate that minority student enrollment has decreased overall while special programs for American Indians and Chicanos have increased. (SE)

A national survey of minority student admissions was conducted for the fifth consecutive year. In addition to previous questions, the 14 schools with the greatest increase in new black freshmen over a 4-year period were compared with the 13 schools showing the greatest enrollment decrease on items relating to their methods and programs. Results…

A national survey indicates Black freshman enrollment has increased from three percent in 1969 to five percent in 1976, down from six percent in 1973. Non-Black minority enrollment remains at less than two percent for any group. Private schools have more special programs and retain more minority students. (Author)

Investigated the value of an instrument measuring noncognitive variables and scores on the Scholastic Assessment Tests as predictors of academic achievement of women college students. Found both noncognitive (especially demonstrated community service) and academic variables (mathematical and verbal skills) were significantly related to women's…

A telephone survey of 500 people admitted to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), but who did not enroll in the fall of 1974, was conducted. Responses were received from 437 (87 percent) no-shows. Results indicated that 82 percent were attending a school outside Maryland and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, while 34 percent…