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Download full textBussey, Karen; Dancy, Kimberly; Gray Parker, Alyse; Peters, Eleanor Eckerson; Voight, Mamie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2021
In signing the Higher Education Act of 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson described education as "the most important door that will ever open." Earning a college credential can mean a better living and a better life for students and their families. But to earn that credential, students must first navigate the admissions process. Education…
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, Higher Education, Equal Education, Admission Criteria
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Direct linkHill, Catharine B.; Winston, Gordon C. – Economics of Education Review, 2010
In earlier work, the authors found that only 10% of the students at 28 of the nation's most selective private colleges and universities came from families in the bottom 40% of the US family income distribution and that there is a larger share of low-income high-ability students in the national population than in the student bodies of these…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Family Income, Geographic Location, Selective Admission
Tibby, Edward R.; Hirabayashi, Judith Bonnett – 1977
A survey of 71 colleges showed relatively little change in recruitment, admissions, and placement policies or procedures despite commonly predicted declines in future enrollment. A similar questionnaire sent to ten regional executives tended to confirm this finding. The questionnaire responses showed wide variability in current practices. Few of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission
