By Nick Morrison. Universities are now more competitive than ever, prompting a rise in the use of aptitude tests to distinguish between applicants, says Nick Morrison. Read more...
21 septembre 2014
7 septembre 2014
College first in the nation for these admissions
By Meris Stansbury - . In what could be considered not only a unique marketing move for a brand-conscious college, but also a giant step forward in creating admissions equity for a more diverse population, Goucher College today has become the first college in the nation to create an application option requesting student-submitted videos as the decisive factor for admission. More...
10 août 2014
Selectivity and Graduation Rates
By Scott Jaschik. Educators continue to debate "undermatching" -- the idea that many talented low-income students do not even apply to, let alone enroll at, the most competitive institutions to which they could gain admission. In the last two years, many prominent researchers have endorsed the undermatching thesis, which has attracted attention at the White House. But other researchers have published studies that have cast doubt on it. A paper being published today in American Educational Research Journal belongs in that latter group. Read more...
10 août 2014
Selectivity Doesn’t Improve Graduation Prospects, Study Finds
By Andy Thomason. Colleges prize selectivity. They also want to graduate their students. But the former has very little to do with the latter, according to a study published on Thursday in the American Educational Research Journal.
In fact, the study found, there is only one institutional variable that has a significant effect on a student’s graduation prospects, and that is tuition. The likelihood that a student will graduate increases by a fraction of a percent for every $1,000 in tuition charged at his or her college, according to the study. More...
4 août 2014
Temple U. Drops Testing Requirement
By Eric Hoover. Temple University will no longer require ACT or SAT scores for admission starting in the fall of 2015, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Tuesday. Under Temple’s new policy, applicants who do not submit test scores will answer written “self-reflective short-answer questions,” according to Temple’s website. More...
31 juillet 2014
Sélection, frais d'inscription à l’université : un système à bout de souffle
31 juillet 2014
How an online student chooses your college
By Meris Stansbury - . It’s not a new fact that the amount of students who either take a blended learning course or enroll in a fully online program are increasing at a rapid rate. But what are the criteria students use to choose an online college or program? And what marketing tactics resonate the best. More...
27 juillet 2014
University applications ‘at a high’ for low-income pupils
By . University applications from school pupils eligible for free school meals have hit a record high, according to the admissions body Ucas. More...
13 juillet 2014
Le débat autour de la sélection à l’université relancé
Par Paul de Coustin, Julie-Anne De Queiroz. Dans un courrier adressé aux responsables d’établissements cette semaine, la Conférence des présidents d’université rappelle la nécessité d’une sélection en master. Elle veut ainsi contrer les dernières déclarations des ministres de l’Education nationale et de l’Enseignement supérieur. Et relance le débat.
27 dossiers envoyés, une demi-douzaine d’aller-retour aux quatre coins de la France pour passer des entretiens et une seule réponse positive, loin de sa faculté d’origine. Suite...
13 juillet 2014
Sélection en master : message de la CPU aux directeurs de composante
La CPU s’inquiète des conséquences du jugement du tribunal administratif de Bordeaux qui, s’il était confirmé, remettrait en cause la capacité des universités à sélectionner à l'entrée en seconde année de Master. Depuis la fin de l'année 2013, nous alertons le Ministère et la DGESIP sur les risques qui pèsent sur les formations de Master et nos établissements. Nous demandons qu'une solution soit trouvée à court terme afin de minimiser les risques juridiques et qu'à moyen terme, l'arrêté régissant le diplôme de Master soit modifié. Télécharger le document au format PDF. Voir l'article...
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