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| Autor/inn/en | Pashley, Peter J.; Thornton, Andrea E. |
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| Institution | Law School Admission Council, Newtown, PA. |
| Titel | Crafting an Incoming Law School Class: Preliminary Results. LSAC Research Report Series. |
| Quelle | (1999), (15 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Admission (School); College Applicants; College Entrance Examinations; Diversity (Student); Ethnic Origins; Grade Point Average; Higher Education; Law Schools; Law Students; Racial Differences; Student Characteristics; Law School Admission Test |
| Abstract | This report proposes an approach to formalize the law school admission process by first requiring law schools to delineate the characteristics they want their incoming classes to possess (e.g., types of undergraduate major, percent of in-state versus out-of-state residents, and levels of cultural diversity). These are then used as constraints on the selection of an incoming class or admit pool. A separate optimizing variable (e.g., average Law School Admission Test score or undergraduate grade point average) is used to choose among the subsets of applicants who satisfy the stated constraints. This common selection problem can be solved through the procedure known as constrained optimization. There are two important features of this approach. Applicants are not ranked in relation to each other, and applicant attributes are not weighed as being more or less important than other applicant attributes. Instead, an optimal subset of applicants is chosen to be admitted because they, as a group, satisfy certain constraints while simultaneously possessing certain maximal characteristics. This method leads to the crafting of incoming law school classes. Racially or ethnically diverse admit pools can be chosen without resorting to the use of race/ethnicity indicators. (Author/SLD) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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