Admissions Policies: The Keys to Success. DETC Occasional Paper Number 11.

Autor/in	Ferguson, Josephine L.
Institution	Distance Education and Training Council, Washington, DC.
Titel	Admissions Policies: The Keys to Success. DETC Occasional Paper Number 11.
Quelle	(1994), (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Admission Criteria; Admission (School); Adult Education; Conventional Instruction; Distance Education; Home Study; Policy Formation; Postsecondary Education; School Policy; Selective Admission; Student Rights + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Politische Betätigung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Schulpolitik; Bildungsselektion
Abstract	Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) members must realize that sound admissions policies are the first step toward high quality education. DETC members should be willing to examine the need for qualification-based admissions policies like those used by "traditional" schools. Admission is critical to outcomes assessment because admissions practices drive institutions' enrollment volume, attrition rate, collection rate, overall reputation, academic quality, and long-term financial success. Steps to a better admissions policy include the following: define school mission; define educational objectives; know which students are desirable enrollees; study the characteristics of people who succeed in given career fields; determine an acceptable/efficient attrition rate; and determine the level of academic difficulty to be incorporated into courses. Possible admissions criteria include the following: previous academic record; work experience; interest in subject/field; nonacademic characteristics; parents' educational level; English literacy; literacy in language in which the student will be taught; financial ability; and disclaimers/exemptions. After schools have articulated their admissions criteria, they must take the measures required to implement their new admissions policies in full consideration of students' right to know what will be expected of them after admission to the school. Schools must realize that they are who they admit. (MN)
Anmerkungen	Distance Education and Training Council, 1601 18th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20009-2529; http://www.detc.org ($5).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC