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Basic skills teacher licensure test scores as college of education admission criteria
… (PPST) cut-scores as teacher education program admission criteria. PPST and American College Test (ACT) scores of 372 graduates, and PPST scores and other academic characteristics of 1,062 graduates of a Nevada teacher education program were examined. Findings of this study support that PPST and …
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A study of admission criteria and attrition in selected schools of practical nursing in Virginia
The purpose of this study was to examine admission criteria and procedures in secondary and adult practical nursing programs in Virginia and to determine the extent of relationship between these criteria and attrition in practical nursing. The population from which the sample for this study was …
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Retention of students in a diploma nursing program in the southern United States
… and number children. Further, program admission criteria required completion of the Nurse Entrance Test (NET®) with required minimum critical thinking scores for main idea of passage, inferential reading and predicting outcomes and a minimum composite percentile. Graduates are described …
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An Empirical Examination of Doctoral Training Models in Clinical Psychology in the United States
… if training models could be predicted by program admission criteria, faculty modeling, structural factors, differences in epistemological stance, and student factors. Results indicated admission criteria, faculty modeling, and structural factors significantly predicted training models. Results and …
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Trends in admission policy criteria for CACREP approved masters and doctoral counselor education programs.
… to masters and doctoral level programs using criteria that the faculties hope will predict the applicant's potential for academic success and then effectiveness as a counselor, counselor educator, or researcher. Choosing admission criteria to assess this level of potential in an applicant is …
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Predictors of Success in Entry-level Master's Degree Programs in Athletic Training
… educational program directors use a variety of admission criteria to select qualified applicants who they anticipate will succeed academically and professionally. No standard sets of admission criteria exist for identifying a student’s ability to succeed in an entry-level master’s degree …
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Predictors of Academic Success for the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination and the Southern Regional Testing Agency Clinical Exam
… and describe the relationship between applicant criteria for a dental hygiene program and subsequent outcomes on credentialing exams: the National Board Dental Hygiene Exam and the Southern Regional Testing Agency clinical exam. Because admission criteria play a crucial role in applicant …
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Essays in Economics of Education
… the heterogeneity of gains from selective school admission. The question of who benefits from selective school enrollment remains controversial. I show that Boston exam schools have heterogeneous effects on achievement. Impact differences are driven primarily by the quality of an applicant's …
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The relationship of career commitment and social determinants of academic achievement on perceived academic persistence among undergraduate nursing students
… after successfully meeting competitive admission criteria is an important area of research. The ability to persist in higher education, and in particular for student nurses, is a critical determinant of academic success. Attrition rates among nursing programs range on average from 30% to …
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Early Identification of At-Risk LPN-to-RN Students
… despite standardized testing and stronger admission criteria. This problem is also prevalent for LPN-to-RN education programs due to a lack of research on this group of graduates, who by all accounts should be successful in nursing education based on their work experience and prior nursing …
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Assessment of Nursing Student Numeracy
… These data also emphasize the importance of admission criteria and continuing education in dosage calculation.
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Grades in Prerequisite Courses as Predictors of Success in a Nursing Program
… Success rate is thought to be related to admission criteria used to admit students which, in turn, may reduce attrition rate, which is between 20 to 40% in nursing programs. The purpose of this study was to examine if success was related to grades in prerequisite courses among a group of …
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Influence of Mission Statements on Teacher Education Programs at Two Church-Related Undergraduate Institutions
… policy, inform the public, and establish criteria for accountability and subsequent program evaluation.</p> <p>This study was conducted utilizing the case study method. Data were gathered by reviewing documentation pertaining to the institution and to the teacher education program as well …
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The impact of the quota-based system on social stratification among the students at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
… values within the institution. Right from the admission criteria which is based on caste, numerous signs of social stratification reinforced the class hierarchy along with the existence of various aspects of deficit thinking among QBS at IIT(M). Existence of social stratification within the …
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Assessing the Leadership Potential of Applicants to CACREP Accredited Doctoral Programs
… to entry-level considerations, doctoral program admission criteria should include consideration of each applicant's professional leadership potential. Nevertheless, no guidelines exist that clarify the way in which faculty members are expected to go about determining an applicant's professional …
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Assessing Prospective Students for Master's Level CACREP Counseling Programs: Evaluation of Personal-Emotional Characteristics
… in the literature; 2) to describe existing admission requirements of counseling programs; and, if a need was determined, 3) to develop a framework for a standard set of admission requirements, balanced between cognitive-behavioral characteristics and personal-emotional characteristics, to …
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Engineering Students at Typically Invisible Transition Points: A Focus on Admissions and the Sophomore Year
… Little attention has been paid to the university admissions process, one of the gateways to engineering studies. Little attention also has been paid to the experiences of college sophomores, whose attrition rates approach those of first-year college students.</p> <p>The first section of this …
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