It seems to me that too often music critics, both amateur and professional, feel the need to judge performances by very narrow faux academic criteria.

In addition to stringent academic criteria, students are also judged on extracurricular activities, publications, and other qualities.

The Berkeley report day recommends that the proportion of the class selected by academic criteria alone be increased to 50 percent.

"Colleges should have to admit athletes and nonathletes on similar academic criteria," he said.

The 24-year-old scholarship program benefits low-income students who meet financial and academic criteria.

Students are invited to apply based on academic criteria, such as high standardized test scores; however, anyone can apply without nomination.

This is the point at which non-academic come to take precedence over academic criteria.

The Bush administration's position has disappointed principled conservatives who believe students should be admitted on the basis of academic criteria alone.

Mature students usually do not need to meet the academic criteria demanded of students who enter directly from secondary school.

For example, some universities and colleges offer scholarships based on academic criteria or whether the student lives in the local area.