Tuesday, January 23, 2007
"Uni spots based on political opinions"
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However, here is the interesting part...
However, here is the interesting part...
From The Australian, by Adam Cresswell on May 29, 2006:
"MEDICAL schools are giving students coveted university training places based on 'personality assessments' that include asking for their views on the Iraq war and gay marriage.
Less academically gifted students are leapfrogging those with better marks by signing up for coaching programs that school them in handling the interview questions -- fuelling critics' claims that the personality tests are skewing the selection process for the nation's future doctors away from the best and brightest."
