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Direct linkHenson, James W.; Astin, Alexander W. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1978
Increasing the participation of minority groups at lower educational levels appears to offer substantially greater potential for eventually increasing the representation of minorities in graduate and professional schools than do changes in graduate and professional school admissions procedures. Data from a Cooperative Institutional Research…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), Blacks, College Bound Students
Astin, Alexander W. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1978
The possibility of weighing disadvantagement in undergraduate and graduate admissions is addressed. The results of preliminary research suggest that objective measures of disadvantagement can be developed so as to increase minority students' chances of being selected. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Applicants, Competitive Selection, Educationally Disadvantaged
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – New Directions for Higher Education, 1978
The roles and options open in the continuing effort to increase minority participation in higher education and the professions are discussed. Actions of colleges and universities in admissions are addressed, along with the efforts of state and federal government programs, professional associations, and educational researchers. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), Government Role, Graduate Study
Astin, Alexander W. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1987
Many of the issues concerning assessment in higher education are really issues of values, philosophy, and theory, rather than practical, nuts-and-bolts issues. Excellence as the development of human talent, competition or cooperation, outcomes, and improving assessment practices are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
