College Admissions and Admissions Testing in a Time of Transformational Change

ISBN-13: 9781032352664 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 264 str.

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.