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  title info:
    title: Who gets in?
    sub title: strategies for fair and effective college admissions
  name:
    name part: Zwick, Rebecca
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    date issued: 2017
    copyright date: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 267 pages ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Disputes about college admissions are never far from the public eye. At the core of these controversies is the fact that an admissions policy cannot be evaluated in a vacuum. It must be judged with reference to the mission of the institution and the goals of the society at large. There is no all-purpose entitlement to be admitted to college. Who Gets In? explores the goals, effectiveness and fairness of competing admissions policies, drawing on current events, as well as literature from education, psychology, sociology, political science, economics and law. The book illustrates the effects of sixteen admissions procedures through analyses of nationally representative survey data from college applicants, implementing the selection methods and then comparing the resulting "entering classes" in terms of demographic makeup and college performance. A final chapter offers recommendations for improving the fairness and effectiveness of college admissions policy.
  table of contents: Evaluating the fairness and effectiveness of an admissions system -- Admissions tests and high school grades: what do they measure? -- Performance predictions and academic indexes -- Admissions preferences: who deserves a boost? -- Percent plans and other test-optional admissions programs -- Noncognitive attributes: a new frontier in college admissions? -- Casting lots for college -- Crafting a class -- Conclusions.
  note: Rebecca Zwick.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Universities and colleges
    topic: Admission
  subject:
    topic: Universities and colleges
    geographic: United States
    topic: Administration
  subject:
    topic: College choice
    geographic: United States
  classification: LB2351.2 .Z95 2017
  classification: 378.1/610973
  identifier: 9780674971912
  identifier: 0674971914
  identifier: 2016041943
  record info:
    record content source: MH/DLC
    record creation date: 161020
    record change date: 20170926120215.0
    record identifier: in00003870325