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Pellegrino, Christina – College and University, 2022
This study examines U.S. national colleges and universities that have de-emphasized or eliminated ACT and SAT scores and have implemented test-optional policies for undergraduate admissions. The study investigates the test-optional admissions trend and provides a "pre-post" quantitative analysis of test-optional policy effects on the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Undergraduate Students, Admission Criteria
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Santelices, Maria Veronica; Horn, Catherine; Catalán, Ximena; Venegas, Alejandra – Higher Education Policy, 2022
During the last ten years, a group of selective universities in Chile has started admission programs to increase equity in higher education that consider the achievement of students in the context of educational opportunities they have had, thus reducing reliance on the national college entrance exam. This study explores persistence rates of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Program Implementation, Equal Education
Marja Martin-Carruth – ProQuest LLC, 2023
College and university admission testing requirements often serve as a barrier to many students seeking advanced degrees. Many graduate school admission boards/committees use the minimum testing requirement as a predictor variable to explain a student's chance for success in a program. Before the 2020 Fall semester, many graduate schools required…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Testing, Educational Policy, Program Implementation
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Santelices, María Verónica; Horn, Catherine; Catalán, Ximena – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
During the last 10 years, a group of selective universities in Chile has started to implement admissions programs that consider the achievement of students in the context of the educational opportunities they have had, thus reducing reliance on the national college entrance exam. This study explores the program theories in a sample of these…
Descriptors: College Admission, Equal Education, Selective Admission, Institutional Characteristics