Adjustment in university students admitted by high school recommendations as compared with their classmates

Adjustment in university students admitted by high school recommendations as compared with their classmates

• Cheung, Chau Kiu Dept. of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Lok, David Ping Pui Dept. of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
• Chan, David Kin Keung Dept. of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong

Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 15(1), 51-79, 2005

Routledge

2005

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QE Post-Secondary Education

Universities & Colleges -- Entrance Requirements Grading & Marking (Students) College Students Education, Secondary Student Counselors High School Principals School Administrators School Management & Organization Adjustment Admission Nontraditional Students School Recommendation

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

Adjustment in university students admitted based on their high school counselors' or advisors' recommendation is an issue for revealing the appropriateness and fairness of the nontraditional admissions procedure. The newly-issued admissions procedure in Hong Kong has not been subject to empirical investigation. To evaluate the procedure, the present study surveyed 21 new students admitted by high school principals' recommendation and 29 of their classmates admitted by traditional means. They generated 93 cases from three waves of surveys over one year. Analysis of the data controlled for all available background and academic factors and random disturbances due to students and their groupings with their classmates. It revealed no significant effect due to nontraditional admissions on the student's grade-point-average, attachment, and adjustment in academic, social, and personal-emotional aspects. Moreover, detailed analysis discovered only a few significant differentials in the admissions effect due to background and academic factors. Thus, the nontraditional admissions procedure appears to be effective and fair.
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• English

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• 10.1300/J050v15n01_03

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