Invited commentary.(Commentary on "Use of Demographic and Quantitative Admissions Data ...")(education of physical therapists)

Student recruitment and selection into professional physical therapist education programs is an issue of contemporary importance to the profession and especially to the physical therapy academic community. On an annual basis, academic programs are charged with evaluating the credentials of applicants to programs and to make predictive judgments about applicant appropriateness and likelihood for success as a physical therapist. The outcomes of these decisions have enormous effects on the applicant, on the program, on the institution where the program resides, and, ultimately, on the physical therapy profession and the community. It is to this process that Utzman and ...