Admission decision making in maker of Public administration programs: Affirmative inaction?
By: Bowman, James S.
Contributor(s): Mangelsdorf, Karen.
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ArticleSubject(s): Study and Teaching | Public Administration | Decision-Making | Public Administration - Study and Teaching
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American Review of Public AdministrationSummary: Published admission standards tyopically include factors such as test scores, grades, and letters of recommendation. Yet there is little direct evidence in the literature on how these criteria as well as race and sex are actually utilized in student selection that is, what are the operative rules in admission decisions? This study reports the results of a survey of the National Association of schools of Public Affairs and Administration principal representatives. Each respondent was presented an application profile booklet designed to estimate the impact of grades. In the findings we discuss how these variables are considered in the selection process. The analysis concludes with a commentary on the impli
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Issue no: 19(2), Jun.89, p.149-62 | Available | AR2075 |
Published admission standards tyopically include factors such as test scores, grades, and letters of recommendation. Yet there is little direct evidence in the literature on how these criteria as well as race and sex are actually utilized in student selection that is, what are the operative rules in admission decisions? This study reports the results of a survey of the National Association of schools of Public Affairs and Administration principal representatives. Each respondent was presented an application profile booklet designed to estimate the impact of grades. In the findings we discuss how these variables are considered in the selection process. The analysis concludes with a commentary on the impli
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