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Birnbaum, Robert – 1976
In an effort to find out the costs of more selective admission to the University of Wisconsin, UW-Oshkosh examined the progress of students who entered the university as freshmen in the 1960-61 academic year, when admission was relatively "open." Results showed that the state could save millions of dollars a year if it restricted…
Descriptors: Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Graduates
Shapiro, Walter – Time, 1991
To help public schools experience free-market competition, Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander and President Bush propose parental choice among private, parochial, and public schools, supported by public financing for program design and tuition grants. Sidebars highlight church/state separation concerns and school choice experiments in…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Public Policy Forum, 2002
Wisconsin's Open Enrollment program, which policymakers hope will improve educational performance by introducing competition to public schools, allows students to enroll in any district in the state, provided space is available. First implemented in the 1998-1999 school year, the program now includes 1% of all Wisconsin K-12 students. In its first…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Participation, Competition
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