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Anderton, Ryan S.; Evans, Tess; Chivers, Paola T. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2016
Students commencing tertiary education enter through a number of traditional and alternative academic pathways. As a result, tertiary institutions encounter a broad range of students, varying in demographic, previous education, characteristics and academic achievement. In recent years, the relatively constant increase in tertiary applications in…
Descriptors: Prediction, Academic Achievement, Science Achievement, Physiology
Fletcher, Jason; Mayer, Adalbert – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2013
The Texas 10% law states that students who graduated among the top 10% of their high school class are guaranteed admission to public universities in Texas. We estimate the causal effects of this admissions guarantee on a sequence of connected decisions: students' application behavior, admission decisions by the university, students' enrollment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Private Colleges, Universities, College Admission
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Podhajsky, Mark J. – Journal of College Admission, 1997
Examines the use of rank-in-class (RIC) in the college admission process. Reviews the changes occurring in education that have an effect on RIC. Discusses the advantages of using RIC as a predictor of college success. (MKA)
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Admission, Educational Change, Higher Education
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 2003
On March 28, 2003 the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued a report titled "Race-Neutral Alternatives in Postsecondary Education: Innovative Approaches to Diversity." The purpose of this report is to describe a number of race-neutral approaches that postsecondary institutions across the United States are using. This staff assessment by the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Class Rank, College Admission
Hebel, Sara – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Discusses how, criticized from the left and the right, class-rank admissions programs in three states (California, Texas, and Florida) seem to be having less of an impact than advertised, with elite campuses much less diverse than they were with affirmative action. (EV)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission, Diversity (Student)
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Tam, Mo-Yin S.; Sukhatme, Uday – College and University, 2003
Studied the student pipeline at the University of Illinois at Chicago over a period of six years to pinpoint which attributes of entering students provide the best indicators of university success. Found that the best indicator is a modified high school percentile rank, designed specifically to take high school quality into account. (EV)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission, Educational Quality
Seyfert, Warren – Curriculum Report, 1981
To discover whether high schools and colleges were following the 1971 guidelines on the use of rank in class (RIC) in college admissions decisions, the National Association of Secondary School Principals surveyed 257 public and private secondary schools and 126 public and private colleges across the nation. The survey questionnaire sought data on…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission, Guidelines
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Hanford, George H. – Harvard Educational Review, 1985
Discusses the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and its importance to colleges in admissions decisions. The author describes the admissions process, the role of test scores, and the relationships of class ranks and SAT scores to outcomes in college. (CT)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission, Grade Point Average
Crouse, James – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Cricticizes use of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores for college admission decisions. Outlines research showing redundancy of estimating potential success of entering college freshmen by the use of SAT scores, high school grades, and class rank. The statistical difference between estimates without SAT scores is minimal and does not support…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Admission, Equal Education
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NASSP Bulletin, 1983
Presents a new edition (moderately revised in response to survey results) of the guidelines prepared by the National Association of Secondary School Principals' School-College Relations Committee to help secondary schools cope with issues generated by college use of class rankings and grade point averages when evaluating candidates for admission.…
Descriptors: Class Rank, College Admission, Grade Point Average, Guidelines
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Mulvenon, Sean W.; Stegman, Charles; Thorn, Antoinette; Thomas, Shawn – Journal of College Admission, 1999
Results of two surveys completed by scholarship recipients revealed that ACT scores and class ranking were important predictor variables for success in college. This study also showed a strong correlation between high school grade point average and freshman grade point average. (MKA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Rank, College Admission, Grade Point Average
Shushok, Frank – 2001
In reaction to the "Hopwood v. Texas" decision, which declared the use of race in college admissions illegal, Texas created a percentage plan that guaranteed admission to students who graduate within a specified percentile of their high school class. Under the Texas plan, any student graduating in the top 10% of his or her high school…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Class Rank, College Admission, Court Litigation
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Espenshade, Thomas J.; Hale, Lauren E.; Chung, Chang Y. – Sociology of Education, 2005
In this article, the authors test a "frog-pond" model of elite college admission proposed by Attewell, operationalizing high school academic context as the secondary school-average SAT score and number of Advanced Placement tests per high school senior. Data on more than 45,000 applications to three elite universities show that a high…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, High Schools, Educational Environment, Class Rank
Wilczenski, Felicia L.; Gillespie-Silver, Patricia – 1991
The study explored the qualifications of learning-disabled college students by examining the academic performance (first year grade point average--GPA) of 179 learning-disabled and 249 nonlearning-disabled students classified by two objective admission criteria--either Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or high-school class rank. Overall, the scores…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission
Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
A 1997 Texas law requires universities to admit the top 10% percent of seniors from each Texas high school, opening a door for many Hispanic and Black seniors in schools with high minority populations. Observers are concerned some students may be underprepared for university work. Elite public universities around the country are watching to see if…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Class Rank, College Admission
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