I know schools that do not request portfolios as their admissions criteria,
but they select students on the basis of very comprehensive and thorough
series of exams on drawing. That is even tougher. Drawing skills are a good
predictor for design performance. Drawing exams allow for a better
comparison of students, even better than the portfolio analysis.
Lubomir Popov
At 12:52 PM 4/22/2002 +0800, Jacque Shaw wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am currently researching the use of portfolios as a means of selection for
>entry into design based courses and am asking if anyone has any particular
>comments about this. The School of design at Curtin University has abolished
>the use of portfolios as an entry requirement in 2002 and is solely basing
>it on academic achievement in secondary school. As far as my research has
>gone this does not seem to be a good criteria for selecting design students
>as there are no strong correlations between the two variables.
>
>I am wanting to build on the research out there that suggests that the use
>of portfolios is an efficient and fair way of selection, particularly in
>design. Most other institutions in Australia still seem to use the portfolio
>for entry and I am puzzled to see why it has been abolished at our
>university. Any pointers for further reading or general comments of what
>people think about this would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Cheers
>Jacque Shaw
>Second Year Visual Communications Course Coordinator
>School of Design
>Curtin University
>Perth
>Western Australia
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