Choosing Students (eBook, PDF)

Higher Education Admissions Tools for the 21st Century
Redaktion: Camara, Wayne; Kimmel, Ernest W.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume brings a variety of perspectives to bear on the issue of how higher education institutions can--or should--choose students during the early part of the 21st century. The volume is particularly timely because the question of how changes in adm

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135619107
• Artikelnr.: 42976291

Autorenporträt

Wayne Camara, Ernest W. Kimmel

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Part I: Diversity in Higher Education.L.C. Bollinger
Competition in Higher Education and Admissions Testing. R. Laird
What Is It We Think We Are Trying to Fix and How Should We Fix It? A View From the Admissions Office. E.W. Kimmel
Who Is at the Door? The Demography of Higher Education in the 21st Century. W.J. Camara
Broadening Criteria of College Success and the Impact of Cognitive Predictors. W.J. Camara
Broadening Predictors of College Success. Part II: Improving Current Practice.P.R. Sackett
The Performance-Diversity Tradeoff in Admission Testing. W.W. Willingham
Prospects for Improving Grades for Use in Admissions. R.L. Linn
Evaluating College Applicants: Some Alternatives. Part III: New Constructs and New Measures.R.J. Sternberg
The Rainbow Project Collaborators
Augmenting the SAT Through Assessments of Analytical
Practical
and Creative Skills. W.E. Sedlacek
The Case for Noncognitive Measures. N. Schmitt
F.L. Oswald
M. Gillespie
Broadening the Performance Domain in the Prediction of Academic Success. P.M. Etienne
E.R. Julian
Assessing the Personal Characteristics of Premedical Students. P.J. Pashley
A.E. Thornton
J.R. Duffy
Access and Diversity in Law School Admissions. I.I. Bejar
Toward a Science of Assessment. Part IV: Admission in the Context of K-16 Reform Efforts.S. Rabinowitz
The Integration of Secondary and Postsecondary Assessment Systems: Cautionary Concerns. M.W. Kirst
Rethinking Admission and Placement in an Era of New K-12 Standards. D.T. Conley
Proficiency-Based Admissions.