Widel, Cynthia Jean2024-08-152024-08-1519781978https://hdl.handle.net/1828/20106There were three major purposes of this study. The first one was to compare the predictive validity of the data from the pre-admission interview with that of the pre­-admission grade point average using professional-year academic success and teaching position attainment of Diploma program students as criteria. The second was to compare the pre-admission interview data and grade point average in combination with each single predictor to ascertain if the combination improved the academic and teaching position attainment predictions. The final purpose was to report the perceptions of the interview as experienced by a random sampling of Diploma program students who took part in the pilot study. Data were collected and analyzed for the candidates in the pilot study and the randomly selected students were interviewed. In general, this study found evidence that a combination of pre-admission grade point average and interview ratings may be useful in predicting the professional-year academic success of Diploma program ·students, but not teaching position attain­ment. Support was also found for considering both the types of program and gender of candidate in making predictions. The interview process, itself, was generally perceived as positive and helpful by the students in the random sample. Implications for further study of the interview were dis­cussed.91 pagesAvailable to the World Wide WebThesis