This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2012-13 through 2022-23 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Student Data System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for instructional programs, nontraditional school…

This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2011-12 through 2021-22 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Student Data System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for instructional programs, nontraditional school…

This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2010-11 through 2020-21 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Student Data System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for instructional programs, nontraditional school…

This report provides information on enrollment in the Texas public school system from the 2009-10 through 2019-20 school years, based on data collected through the Texas Student Data System. Enrollment data are provided by grade, race/ethnicity, gender, and economically disadvantaged status, and for instructional programs, nontraditional school…

Open access is central to the Community College mission. For this reason, any restriction in online enrollments should not be undertaken lightly. This study uses institutional data gathered from a large, urban community college to examine a policy aimed at increasing student retention in online courses by restricting those eligible to enroll based…

This manual was written to help guide education stakeholders--including parents, students, school board members, community activists, administrators, policymakers and attorneys--in their efforts to promote racial diversity and avoid racial isolation in suburban school systems. Critical information on the current legal, political and policy issues…

Open access institutions have achieved the goal of providing higher education to all who seek it. To compete in a global economy, these higher educational institutions must do more than open the door; they must ensure that admitted students succeed. This study examined effects of New York State's financial aid policy that requires…

An open admissions policy for the City University of New York was approved by the University's Board of Higher Education in 1969, ushering in a new era of greater access to college for the city's poor and working class Blacks, Latinos, and white youth. This policy change was made in response to demands from students, civil rights organizations,…

The battle over open admissions and remedial education at the City University of New York (CUNY) in the 1990s garnered national attention and marked a shift towards greater selectivity in America's public, four-year higher education institutions. After launching open admissions in 1970, CUNY transformed from a majority-White system to one that had…

City University of New York has extended the concept of ?open door" to ?open curriculum" by allowing any student to enroll in any program, transfer or terminal, regardless of his high school grade point average. To maximize the opportunities for success, large-scale counseling, tutorial, remedial and developmental programs have been…

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the publication of Mina Shaughnessy's groundbreaking book, "Errors and Expectations," a roundtable discussion was held at the March 2007 Conference on College Composition and Communication in New York City. This article, based on the earlier discussion, examines the question of CUNY's multiple…

African Americans were largely absent from a college that was emblematic of democratic opportunity. Established as the Free Academy in 1847, City College had given thousands of poor and working-class students and recent immigrants the chance for a college education they couldn't otherwise afford. But even during the 1960s, the student body of City…

THE COMMUNITY STUDIED WAS HOMOGENEOUS, NORTHERN, PREDOMINATLY, WHITE-COLLAR, UPPER MIDDLE CLASS, AND WHITE. THE MAJOR CONSEQUENCES OF OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM WERE THE FOLLOWING--(1) AN INTERNAL EFFECT UPON THE SCHOOLS WAS THAT STUDENTS WERE PLACED IN THE TRACK SYSTEM AND CLASSIFIED BY ACHIEVEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE TEST SCORES AND NEGRO STUDENTS…

This chapter explores the evolution of open admissions and developmental education at the City University of New York, and discusses how CUNY and, in particular, Bronx Community College have addressed the challenges presented by underprepared college freshmen.

The complete text of a statement of policy and proposed action adopted by the Regents of the University of the State of New York; its official title is Minority access to and participation in post-secondary education.'' (JM)