11. Critics say the fast pace of the change and the subjective nature of the new admissions criteria make it difficult for students to know what is expected of them. 12. First, we have replaced race and ethnicity with other admissions criteria that will promote diversity and preserve equal access to state colleges. 13. He also urged superintendents to use a variety of admissions criteria instead of relying on a single IQ test, as some districts do. 14. His replacement, Chris Nelson, who chaired the committee that rewrote the gifted admission criteria, was supposed to write the manual. 15. I also mention that we use admission criteria other than test scores, grades and ethnicity, including a genius for computers, musical talent, geographical diversity. 16. It also projected that colleges like Baruch and Hunter, which have the toughest admissions criteria, would still lose more than a third of their entering students. 17. One question Old Westbury will face as it considers the Keen plan is whether it is possible to raise admissions criteria and still maintain its diversity. 18. The Legislature devised a new scheme for admissions criteria that schools are using. 19. The ruling was in a lawsuit named Hopwood that was filed over admissions criteria at the UT Law School. 20. Thomas Lee Jones, a spokesman for the advisory committee, defends the admission criteria. |
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