In Carleton College's attempts to find a technique for measuring prospective students' perceptions of college price and educational quality, it discovered that student attitudes about educational value were reflected in the relationship between those two dimensions. (MSE)

New York's highest court is being urged to overturn a ruling that could make colleges legally responsible for the conduct of everyone they admit. The case arose from the rape and murder of a female student at the State University of New York College at Buffalo in 1976. (MLW)

Admissions officers credit recruitment efforts and greater commitment of financial aid for the anticipated modest increases in Black college student enrollments. However, some feel it is too early to project accurate numbers. (MSE)

Encourages counselors and students to work together to avoid the one-dimensional application folder. Emphasizes the need for believable, multidimensional applicants in the admissions process. (KS)

The author explores ways in which the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery might provide the college admissions counselor with an additional set of test scores that, when used with scores from other standardized tests, might provide a more valid comprehensive evaluation of a student's academic potential. (Author/CH)

An observer discusses factors in the choice of medicine as a career, trends in medical school enrollment and student characteristics, problems posed for medicine by those factors and trends, and their sources and solutions in current medical education. (MSE)

A study of Australian university and college of advanced studies applicants and rejections in 1986 suggests that between 9,000 and 14,000 applicants eligible and willing to accept a place were unable to begin studies that year. (MSE)

Implementation of recommendations by the AMA Council on Medical Education that emphasize the importance of evaluating noncognitive abilities in admission and dismissal from medical school will become a source of litigation unless adequate guarantees of due process are afforded the applicant or student. The law is reviewed and recommendations are…

The factors influencing the yield--the proportion of accepted applicants who confirm their intention to attend--in the admissions process for the MBA program of the school of management at a large metropolitan university are examined. (Author/MLW)

This publication describes "race-neutral" programs being implemented across the United States to work toward diversity in higher education without granting preferences based on race and ethnicity. Educational institutions will find that there are dozens of race-neutral options available and that the early results of these programs are…

This guide is designed to help students choose the institution and course of study best suited to their plans. The guide contains information about more than 50 colleges and universities in Maryland, including a comprehensive list of private career schools approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. The first section of the guide…

Although the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) has been administered to Chinese test takers in Taiwan and Hong Kong for more than 22 years, and in China for the past decade, there is very little documentation on the history, test taker volumes, performance, and law school admission rates of these candidates. This study reviewed the history of LSAT…

This form is used to renew an application for federal and state grants, work study, and loans. The renewal version contains preprinted information that the student reported for the 2002-2003 school year. As a result, it is faster and easier for the student to use than the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The form contains…

This report responds to a request for information about the quality of the tests the City University of New York (CUNY) uses to decide who must take remedial courses and a profile of CUNY freshmen. Roughly 65% of CUNY bachelor's degree students and nearly 90% of associate degree students are required to take remedial courses in reading, writing,…

The Knights of Columbus is primarily and essentially a fraternal society, but the order has never permitted itself to be circumscribed within the narrow limits of insurance benefits and selfish social interests. A new page of that history has been written. The story of the educational work in which the order engaged during the past four years is…