City College of San Francisco's Nursing Department has had an oversubscription of applications and an under-representation of minority students for a number of years. Although the department can only accommodate 96 students per year, over 600 subscribed in 1977. The purposes of this inquiry were to compare associate degree nursing program…

The validity of seven criteria utilized in conjunction with personal interviews and School and College Ability Test scores in the selection of applicants for admission to four Allied Health programs was investigated. The independent predictor variables studied were high school grade point average (GPA), the number of high school natural science…

At the University of South Florida the College of Natural Sciences administers the premedical sciences advising program. The program is designed to assist students seeking admission to a professional school in the health sciences. Advisors in the program have the dual responsibility of counselor and evaluator. The evaluation process estimates the…