This qualitative study examines teacher educators' articulations about their beliefs and motivations for preparing the next generation of teachers. The study also explores how teacher educators conceptualise their roles as the teachers of prospective teachers. Employing case study design, the participants included 10 teacher educators who serve at…

Discusses institutional quality and its implications for college admissions counselors in terms of changing student interests, recruitment, and outcomes of education. Describes the influence of college characteristics such as size and reputation on students' choice of a college and on high school counselors' advice. (JAC)

Expresses the concerns about college admissions procedures that the National Association of Secondary School Principals' Committee on School-College Relations would like to see addressed in seven areas: college entrance requirements, college admissions tests, college recruitment, high-risk students, overrecruitment, letters of recommendation, and…

Describes the SHARE program (Students Helping Admissions in the Recruitment Effort), a highly successful program at the University of Texas in Austin designed to recruit minority students. The SHARE program uses student volunteers who contact minority students through school visits and telephone recruiting. (JAC)

Presents Mina Shaughnessy's 1976 speech, given at a time when great financial crisis threatened to result in the wholesale disestablishment of basic writing programs. Notes grave perils, and outlines some of the truths uncovered through the experience of Open Admissions in higher education, truths that are indestructible despite retrenchments and…

A study showing that enrollment has not yet declined is discussed. Enrollments in two-year public institutions, women's colleges, Black institutions, and denominational institutions are described. Assessing enrollment strategies, recession and higher enrollments, and major concerns for trustees are outlined. (MLW)

It is suggested that bias--when associated with a predictor, a test, or a statistical estimator--is not always bad, in spite of the immediate negative response evoked by the word, bias. Four settings are described to illustrate situations in which a procedure should not be summarily rejected due to bias: (1) educational researchers rejected the…

University and professional school admissions and hiring practices for Blacks, federal regulations, affirmative action plans, and reverse discrimination cases are discussed in this collection of symposium papers focusing on specific court cases. (BH)