College Admissions and Admissions Testing in a Time of Transformational Change (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Geisinger, Kurt F.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this foundational volume, renowned chapter authors address a diverse set of themes related to college admissions, examining new perspectives, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of current practices, and discussing how institutions might use different techniques to attract diverse students.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000828603
• Artikelnr.: 66768622

Autorenporträt

Kurt F. Geisinger is Director of the Buros Center for Testing and W.C. Meierhenry Distinguished University Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Robert Sternberg Preface
Kurt F. Geisinger Chapter 1 College Admissions: What Our Goals Should Be and What Works to Get Us There
Kurt F. Geisinger Chapter 2 Admissions Testing Impact on Access and Alternative Options
Wayne J. Camara Chapter 3 The Interconnectedness of Issues Confronting Four-Year Colleges in the Area of Admissions
Transparency
and Equity: Ethical Considerations
Don Hossler Chapter 4 Three Reasons Why the Black-White Test-Score Achievement Gap is Mythology: Implications for College Admissions
Janet E. Helms Chapter 5 College Admissions for Students with Disabilities: A History and a Future
Kurt F. Geisinger Chapter 6 Biographical Data and Situational Judgment Measures of Student Potential
Neal Schmitt Chapter 7 Improving the Validity and Diversity of a College Admissions Selection System: The Utility of Social and Emotional Learning Measures
Krista Mattern & Kate Walton Chapter 8 Context Matters: The Importance of Environmental Information in College Admissions
Jessica S. Howell
Michael Hurwitz
Samuel Imlay & Greg Perfetto Chapter 9 Using Quantitative Techniques to Promote Diversity in Admissions
Rebecca Zwick Chapter 10 Colorado's Affirmative Action Experiment: Disadvantage
Overachievement
and New Routes to Racial Diversity
Matthew Gaertner & Malerie Barnes Chapter 11 Some Final Thoughts on College Admissions: International Perspectives
Summary Thoughts
and a Look to the Future
Kurt F. Geisinger Afterword
Edmund Gordon Administrator's Actions
Karen M. Alexander Glueckert Contributor Bios