Higher education admission practices : an international perspective / edited by María Elena Oliveri, Cathy Wendler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oliveri, María Elena, 1974, editor.

Wendler, Cathy, editor.

Cambridge University Press.

Series:

Educational and psychological testing in a global context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Admission--Case studies.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--Entrance requirements--Case studies.

Comparative education.

Universities and colleges--Entrance requirements.

Universities and colleges--Admission.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 383 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

An overview of higher education admissions processes / Rochelle Michel and Simone Pollard

Comparing college aspirations across PISA countries : are 17 percent oranges less than 75 percent apples? / Matthias von Davier and Hak Ping Tam

Merit-based admissions in higher education / Christina Wikström and Magnus Wikström

The open admissions model : an example from the United States / Kevin M. Williams and Cathy Wendler

Character-based admissions criteria in the United States and in Europe : rationale, evidence, and some critical remarks / A. Susan M. Niessen and Rob R. Meijer

Cross-cultural and global competencies and their role in admissions policies and practices / Stephanie McKeown, Adrienne Vedan, Jackson Traplin, Leah Sanford, and Cynthia Bourne

Admissions policies and practices and the reshaping of access patterns to higher education in Africa / Ibrahim Oanda

Chile's admissions tests : pending changes and revisions / Mladen Koljatic and Mónica Silva

Issues of perceived fairness in admissions assessments in small countries : the case of the Republic of Cyprus / Elena C. Papanastasiou and Michalis P. Michaelides

Higher education admissions practices in Israel / Avi Allalouf, Yoav Cohen, and Naomi Gafni

Access, equity, and admissions in South African higher education / Naziema Jappie

Admissions practices in Sweden / Per-Erik Lyrén and Christina Wikström

Revisions of admissions testing in Vietnam : from elite to mass higher education / Duy Ngoc Pham and Hong Cong Sai

General academic and subject-based examinations used in undergraduate higher education admissions / Rosemary Reshetar and Martha F. Pitts

Language proficiency assessments in higher education admissions / Thomas Eckes and Hans-Joachim Althaus

Measuring student character : modernizing predictors of academic success / Nathan Kuncel, Khue Tran, and Shu Han (Charlene) Zhang

The ACT Holistic Framework® of education and workplace success / Jeremy Burrus, Jason Way, Becky Bobek, Kristin Stoeffler, and Ryan O'Connor

Using mathematical models to improve access to postsecondary education / Rebecca Zwick

After admissions : what comes next in higher education? / María Elena Oliveri, Robert J. Mislevy, and Norbert Elliot.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 04, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Higher education admission practices

ISBN:

9781108559607

1108559603

Publisher Number:

40029722573

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.