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Source
| Change | 38 |
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Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 25 |
| Opinion Papers | 9 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 8 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 5 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Historical Materials | 1 |
| Reference Materials - General | 1 |
| Reports - General | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Administrators | 1 |
| Policymakers | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Equal Access | 1 |
| Hopwood v Texas | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedTrachtenberg, Stephen J.; Levy, Lawrence C. – Change, 1973
Has the necessity to fill emply places in colleges replaced honesty in admission procedures (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Admission, Educational Supply
Peer reviewedHealy, Timothy S. – Change, 1973
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Admission, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education
Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W.; Rossmann, Jack E. – Change, 1973
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Admission, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education
Peer reviewedMoll, Richard W. – Change, 1994
Increased pressure to "position" the institution, create an image, and "structure" potential students' first impression of the college has caused admissions professionals to participate less in the institution's central mission. Competition among colleges has also overstimulated the higher education market and created confusing pricing schemes,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Admissions Officers, College Admission, Competition
Peer reviewedMundel, David S. – Change, 1974
A student's decision to go to college and then to enroll is affected by several factors, including: his or her ability and achievement; motivations, tastes, and aspirations; the costs; and college characteristics. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Aspiration, College Admission, College Choice, Colleges
Peer reviewedQuinn, Edward – Change, 1973
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Admission, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education
Peer reviewedFoster, Edward – Change, 1973
Describes Japan's archaic university admissions system. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, College Admission, Competitive Selection
Peer reviewedKarabel, Jerome – Change, 1972
Presents arguments for and against open admissions policies. (HS)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedLarned, Deborah – Change, 1975
A 1970 graduate of Columbia, who was involved in the 1968 student protests, returns to assess the mood of students and the Columbia Corporation (the University as a legal entity) and concludes that students are less militant, possibly because of admissions policies, but that the Columbia Corporation has not changed. (JT)
Descriptors: Activism, Administrative Change, Administrative Policy, Administrator Attitudes
Peer reviewedChait, Richard P. – Change, 1987
As enrollment management assumes added importance and admissions officers confront increased pressure from diverse constituencies, the challenge will be to strike a balance that safeguards the professional integrity and economic security of the admissions officer and that protects the institution from incompetence. Four suggestions are offered.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admissions Officers, College Administration, College Admission
Peer reviewedChange, 1982
A report prepared by an academic commission under the auspices of the International Council on the Future of the University found Italian university life characterized by a chaotic admissions system, inadequate physical facilities, deeply polarized faculties, poorly worked-out career structures for teachers, and high student-teacher ratios. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, College Faculty, College Students
Peer reviewedFriedl, John – Change, 2002
Discusses how colleges and universities must demonstrate that granting racial preferences in admissions will confer a benefit upon society, and how they can develop a plan for granting racial preferences that is "narrowly tailored" to achieve only the level of diversity needed to create the desired benefit. (EV)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Constitutional Law
Peer reviewedKesselman, Judi R. – Change, 1976
Student practices and administrative problems related to stopping out of college (leaving school to work and/or travel and then returning to complete one's education) are examined on the basis of interviews with stopouts and data from 100 representative 2- and 4-year colleges. (JT)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, College Admission, College Students, Dropout Characteristics
Peer reviewedWilliams, Randall – Change, 1978
The controversy over Black admissions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is described, which has called into question such areas as quotas, special admissions policies, minority recruiting, and the impact on Black universities of increased Black enrollment at White institutions. (LBH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Admission
Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J. – Change, 2005
Might it be possible to achieve some or all of the goals of affirmative action through an approach based on an entirely different definition of the problem? This article says "yes." Its logic rests not upon an approach that creates informal quotas for identified groups, but instead on one aimed at discovering merit in people who are…
Descriptors: Merit Rating, Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Student Diversity
