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Direct linkBacow, Lawrence S. – Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2006
The increasingly popular option of applying "early decision" (ED) requires a student to make a binding commitment that, if admitted to a particular college, she or he will enroll. Now offered by 184 U.S. colleges and universities, ED is a highly effective--and therefore highly seductive--tool for managing enrollment. This author argues,…
Descriptors: Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Access to Education, College Admission
Staples, Brent – New York Times Magazine, 1986
The numbers of Black and minority students and faculty at universities are declining for a number of reasons: Federal student aid and compensatory programs are being cut back, admissions standards are stiffening and many inner-city students are ill-prepared to compete; and universities are making less of an effort to recruit Black students outside…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Students, Black Teachers, Blacks
