The author traces Jeremy Bentham's attacks, in 1815 and 1816, on the Church of England's role in the provision of schooling in Britain, particularly his objections to Church policies excluding non-adherents from instruction. (SJL)

A study of the first 80 years (1838-1918) of Central High School in Philadelphia found several factors which encouraged excellence: a meritocratic ideology, voluntary enrollment, competitive selection of students and faculty, and the structure of public education at the time. This picture contrasts sharply with today's educational context. (GC)

The lists of accredited secondary schools which are presented now for the fourth time in this bulletin are designed to meet the needs of officers charged with the admission of new students to secondary schools, colleges, universities, professional schools, especially schools of law and medicine, normal schools, etc.; of State examining and…

The history of test development and the current controversy over standardized testing are reviewed. The consequences of testing, particularly for minority groups, are outlined, and criticism of some viewpoints of professors Robert Ebel and Melvin Tumin is made. (Author/AL)

The history and continuing problems with two unresolved issues in medical education, premedical and medical curricula and the selection of medical students, are discussed. Useful elements of the current system are identified. (MSE)

In the last discussion of legal education that was published by the bureau, covering the period 1909-1925, four different aspects of the topic were distinguished. These were, first, the organization of the legal profession considered as an influence in the formulation and enforcement of proper standards by the law schools and by the bar admission…

Discusses the status of college admissions and some of the forces that influenced college admissions policies during each of four three-year periods: the Sputnik Era (1957-60), the Postwar Baby Boom Era (1964-67), the "New Groups" Era (1971-74), and the Stable Enrollment Era (1978-81). (PGD)

Reviews policies of college officials in controlling admission of minority students (Jews, Catholics, immigrants) to selected American colleges and universities from 1900-1970. Suggests that institutions of higher education may have to justify their admission policies by submitting them to periodic public or semipublic review. (DB)

The evolution of the college open admissions policy since 1870 is described. In 1870 the University of Michigan faculty were authorized to inspect feeder secondary schools and waive entrance examinations for qualified candidates. This led to a liberalization of the subjects acceptable to major institutions as college preparatory courses. Another…

This report contains statistics of nurse-training schools for the year 1926-27. The principal items included are: Number of schools; number of nurse-training pupils; number of graduates; bed capacity of the hospitals maintaining the schools; average number of patients in these hospitals, length of the nurse-training course; admission requirements,…

Ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination in selective college admissions was commonplace in the 1920's, but it is doubtful that the College Board's 1926 innovation, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), was developed to be used as an instrument of prejudice. By 1926, the use of quotas by elite colleges had made discrimination in admissions…

Traces the private boarding school movement in the United States, discussing its growth and service to a "democratic nobility" which would be trained to lead the country. Examines the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant control of private schools until the 1960s and explores changes in admissions and administration policies. (GEA)

Today's law school retains the basic characteristics of the elite economic model established in 1922, despite considerable economic and social change. The near future will probably intensify interest in legal education, and the original goals and structure such as noncommerciality and full-time faculty should be remembered. (MSE)

A discussion on the tension between university organizational interests and individual student interests with respect to the use of admissions tests is presented. Responsibilities of colleges and professional schools toward an increasingly pluralistic society are examined, and the need for more research on evaluating human competencies is urged.…

This paper examines the role played by the adoption of a stringent admissions policy in the rapid transition of a large, open-door, senior college located in a metropolitan area in the South into an institution with elitist aspirations. The discussion focuses on the impact admission policy had on institutional characteristics and its effect on the…