Diversity Publications and Surveys Dr. William Sedlacek

Presentations to Educational, Community and Business Groups

Latest Book: "Beyond the Big Test: Noncognitive Assessment in Higher Education" (http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787960209.html)
PUBLICATIONS:

Admissions and Retention of Minority Students in Large Universities

Advising Nontraditional Students: The Big Bang or Another Universe?

Alternative Admissions Models

An Alternative to Standardized Tests in Postsecondary Admissions

Applying Ridge Regression to Admissions Data by Race and Sex

Asian-Americans and Student Organizations: Attitudes and Participation

An Assessment of Centralized Versus Decentralized Academic Advising

Attitudes and Behavior of UMCP Students and Employees Toward the Maryland Student Union

Attitudes of Male and Female University Students Toward Students with Different Physical Disabilities

Attitudes, Perceptions, and Behaviors of Entering Students at the University of Maryland, 1997

Attitudes of Residence Hall Students Toward Student-Athletes: Implications for Advising, Training, and Programming

Attitudes of Tolerance for Diversity Among University Freshmen

Attitudes of White Student Services Practitioners Toward Asian Americans: Research and Recommendations

Attitudes of Young Adults Toward Children

Barriers to Leadership Development of Hispanics in Higher Education

Beyond Apearances: An Empirical Approach to Challenging the Negative Stereotypes of Sorority Women

Black and White Student Differences in Volunteer Interests at a Predominantly White University

Breaking the Myth: An Analysis of Asian Americans on a University Campus Over a Decade

The Best and the Worst: College Seniors' Experiences with Academics and Services

Career Advising Issues for African American Entering Students

Career Goals as a Function of Self Conciousness, Self-esteem, and Perception of Barriers for Incoming Freshmen Women

Career Status and Satisfaction of Recent Business and Arts/Humanities College Graduates

Changes in Campus Subcultures by Sex over Thirteen Years

Changes in the Social Climate of a College Campus Over a Decade

Changes in Social Commitment of University Freshmen Over a Decade by Race and Gender

Changes in Student Values and Attitudes Over a Decade

Characteristics of Undergraduate International Students

A Comparison of Attitudes and Behaviors of Incoming Honors Freshmen by Race and Gender.

A Comparison of Characteristics and Attitudes of Freshmen and Transfer Students Attending Different Orientation Programs at the University of Maryland.

A Comparison of Incoming Honors and Non-Honors Freshmen at the University of Maryland, 1990

A Comparison of U.S. Students and International Students on Attitudes of Tolerance for Diversity

A Comparison of International and U.S. Students Students Preferences for Help-Sources

A Comparison of White and Black Student Academic Success Using Noncognitive Variables: A LISREL Analysis

Comparing University Athletes and Nonathletes on Attitudes and Perceptions

Construct and Congruent Validity of the Noncognitive Questionnaire (NCQ)

Counseling Interests Among Entering Black University Students Over a Ten Year Period

Differences Between Counseling and Non-Clients on Clark-Trow Subcultures

Differences Between Particpations and Non-Participants in Campus Demonstrations

Differences Between Women Who Choose Traditional and Non-Traditional Careers

Differences in Leadership and Co-Curricular Perception Among Male and Female Asian Pacific American College Students

Differences in the Transition to College by Race, Sex, and Educational Philosophy

Differences in Volunteer Interest by Level of Career Orientation

Different Students for Different Types of Volunteering

Dimensions of Use: Needs and Perceptions Among Student Union Patrons

Discrimination on Campus: Using a Campus Newspaper to Defend a Lawsuit

An Empirical Method of Determining Nontraditional Group Status

Employing Noncognitive Variables in the Admission and Retention of Nontraditional Students

Engineering Curriculum Transformation Project (ECTP):An Evaluation of First-Year Initiatives

Ethnically sensitive messangers: An exploration of the racial attitudes of health cae workers and organ procurement officers.

An Evaluation of Staff Development Through Attendance at the ACPA Conventions

Expected Functions of a Good Advisor: Results of a Survey of Matriculating Students, Parents, and Academic Advisors.

An Exploration of Leadership Characteristics in College Athletes

Facilitators of Program Evaluation in Student Affairs

Faculty Involvement in Diversity: Lessons Learned

Focus Group Report: Seminar in College Teaching

Focus Groups: A Method of Evaluation To Increase Retention of Female Engineering Students

Forty Years of Using Labels to Communicate About Non-traditional Students: Does it Help or Hurt?

Freshman Counseling Interests

Freshmen Sexual Attitudes and Behavior Over a 15 Year Period

Gender Differences Among Incoming African American Freshmen on Academic and Social Expectations

Graduate Student Use and Perceptions of the Stamp Student Union: A Summary of Research Findings From the Past Decade

Graduate Women in Engineering

Have College Student Attitudes Toward Older People Changed?

Interracial Norms, Behavior and Attitudes Among University Students

Involving Students Through Building Community: Challenges for Women in Engineering Programs

Issues in Advancing Diversity Through Assessment

Living Together in Commercial Harmony: Research as a Catalyst for Cooperative "Town-Gown" Relations

Mapping the University Learning Environment

Measuring the Attitudes of Adults Toward Children

A Model for Determining Group Counseling Outcomes

A Model for Increasing Hispanic Student Involvement in U.S. Campuses

Multicultural Assessment

Multiple Choices for Standardized Tests

A National Survey of Services Provided for Learning Disabled Students in Higher Education

Needs and Characteristics of Undergraduate International Students

Needs and Perceptions of Female and Male Undergraduate International Students

Noncognitive Predictors of Academic Success For International Students: A Longitudinal Study

Noncognitive Predictors of Counseling Center Use by International Students

Noncognitive Variables in Predicting Academic Success by Race

Nonreactive Measures in Student Affairs Research

The Other Minority: Disabled Student Backgrounds and Attitudes Toward Their University and Its Services

Parents as Referral Agents: A Retention Study Group

Perceptual Mapping: A Methodology in the Assessment of Environmental Perceptions

Perceptions of Co-Curricular Involvement and Counseling Use Among Incoming Asian Pacific and Latino American College Students

Pessimism in the Academy: Social Climate Changes on a University Campus over a Fifteen-Year Period

Predicting the Academic Achievement of Female Students Using the SAT and Noncognitive Variables

Predicting the Academic Success of Student-Athletes Using SAT and Noncognitive Variables

Prediction of College Graduation Using Noncognitive Variables by Race

A Profile of 1980 Incoming Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park

A Profile of Incoming Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park, 1981

A Profile of Incoming Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park, 1985

A Profile of Incoming Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park, 1987-1988

A Profile of Incoming Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park, 1988-1989

A Profile of Incoming Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park, 1990

A Profile of Incoming Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park, 1991-1992

A Profile of Incoming Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park, 1996-1997

A Profile of Incoming Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park, 1998-1999

A Profile of Incoming Hispanic Freshmen at the University of Maryland College Park, 1991-1992

Profile of the University of Maryland Incoming Student Class, 2001-2002

Profiles of Potential Persister and Nonpersister University Students

Profiles of High and Low Scorers on Noncognitive Variables

The Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Diversity and Overall Satisfaction of University Students By Race

The Religious Orientation of College Students

Self-Esteem, Locus of Control, and Career Maturity in Homemaking-Oriented, Traditional, and Non-Traditional College Women

Services Offered to Disabled Students in Higher Education: A Five Year National Survey

Sex Differences in Computer Orientation By Holland Type

Sex Differences in Student Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Drugs Over a Decade

Sex Differences in Student Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors: A Ten Year Comparison

Sex and Race Differences in Dieting and Exercise Among University Students

Sex-Role Identity and Attitudes Toward Women in Traditional and Non-Traditional Occupations

Sexual Harassment During the High School Years: Experiences and Perceptions of Incoming University Students

Situational Characteristics of Positive and Negative Experiences With Same Race and Different Race Students

So Close, Yet So Far: Predictors of Attrition in College Seniors

Stability in University Student Help Source Preferences by Gender Over a 10-Year Period

Strategies for Social Change Research

Student Perceptions of the Campus Cultural Climate by Race

Student Personnel Professionals in Academic Roles: A multicultural Example

Student Retention and the Use of Campus Facilities

Summer Study in Engineering for High School Women

A Survey of Incoming International Students

Survey Terminology Related to Sexual Orientation: Does it Matter?

Teaching and Research Fellowship Programs: Encouraging Undergraduate Women to Explore Careers in Academia

Transfer Students and Freshmen: Similarities and Differences

Transfer Student Hassles: Investigation and Remediation

University of Maryland Origins of Publications in Student Personnel Journals

University Student Attitudes Toward American Indians

University Student Attitudes Toward Arabs: Implications for Programming Intervention

Using Noncognitvie Variables in Advising Non-traditional Students

Using Noncognitvie Variables with Freshman Athletes

Using Noncognitvie Variables to Predict the Grades and Retention of Hispanic Students

Using Research to Reduce Racism at a University

Using Ridge Regression with Non-cognitive Variables by Race in Admission

Using the SAT and Noncognitive Variables to Predict the Grades and Retention of Asian-American University Students

The Validity and Reliability of a Noncognitive Measure of Minority Student Retention

Validity of the Noncognitive Questionnaire - Revised 2 in Predicting the Academic Success of University Freshmen

Volunteer Activities and Their Relationship to Motivational Needs: A Study of Stamp Union Program Council

The Volunteer Potential of First-time Entering Students: Interest Areas and Incentives

What's in a Volunteer Experience? A Survey of Positive and Negative Stamp Union Program Counceil (SUPC) Experiences

White Student Attitudes Toward Blacks And Hispanics Programming Implications

Why We Should Use Noncognitive Variables With Graduate Students

Willingness to Volunteer Among University Students by Gender and Holland Personality Type
SURVEYS:

SAS

This questionnaire measures how people think and feel about a number of social and personal incidents and situations.

University of Maryland Admissions Questionaire II

Non-Cognitive Admissions Variables

Non-Cognitive Minority Admissions Variables/Questionnaire Items for Supplementary Admissions Questionnaire II

Scoring Key

Education and Racism