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Leveling the Playing Field: Justice, Politics, and College Admissions by Robert K. Fullinwider and Judith Lichtenberg

JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION, Issue 3 2006
Article first published online: 8 DEC 200
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Merit aid: The practice of giving money to those who do not need it

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR STUDENT SERVICES, Issue 118 2007
Raymond Brown
This chapter examines some of the salient features of merit-based student financial aid. The author explores the role of merit aid in college admission and how it is used in today's competitive market. [source]

Affirmative action, duality of error, and the consequences of mispredicting the academic performance of african american college applicants

JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT, Issue 1 2002
Jeryl L. Mumpower
The implications of different potential affirmative action policies depend on three factors: selection rate from the applicant pool, base rate of qualified applicants, and accuracy of performance predictions. A series of analyses was conducted under various assumptions concerning affirmative action plans, causes of racial differences in average college admissions test scores, and racial differences in accuracy of performance predictions. Evidence suggesting a lower level of predictive accuracy for African Americans implies that, under a program of affirmative action, both proportionately more false positives (matriculated students who do not succeed) and proportionately more false negatives (rejected applicants who could have succeeded) will be found among African American applicants. Unless equivalent levels of predictive accuracy are achieved for both groups, no admission policy can be fair simultaneously to majority group applicants and African American applicants. © 2002 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. [source]

Identifying a diverse student body: Selective college admissions and alternative approaches

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR STUDENT SERVICES, Issue 118 2007
Deborah Bial Ed.D.
This chapter explores alternative solutions for selective institutions of higher education to reach beyond their traditional admission measures and identify diverse students who might otherwise not be selected by traditional admission criteria. [source]