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Download full textLiacouras, Peter J. – 1978
Major assumptions and goals on which professional school admission decisions are based, the use of the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) as an admission criteria, and approaches to admission used by the Temple University Law School are examined. One consideration in making admissions policies is group needs, or whether there is a need for more…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Black Students, College Admission
Peer reviewedKeller, Dana; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1994
Regressing adjusted grade point averages (GPAs) on freshman Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and high school GPAs increases the SAT's predictive validity. However, these adjusted SATs change only a small proportion of admissions decisions, do not increase freshman grades, but do change freshman class composition in some majors and limit…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
