Part One: Open Access, Open Admissions, Open Warfare.

Marshak, Robert E.; Wurtemburg, Gladys

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Publication Date: 1981

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Part One: Open Access, Open Admissions, Open Warfare.

Marshak, Robert E.; Wurtemburg, Gladys

Change, v13 n8 p12-19,51-53 Nov-Dec 1981

A view of events at City College of New York during the 1970s when an open admissions policy was initiated is discussed by the eighth president of the college. At CUNY, the objective was to provide remediation, counseling, and tutoring in order to maximize the possibility of success. (MLW)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Faculty, Educational Opportunities, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Open Enrollment, Puerto Ricans, Student Characteristics, Urban Universities

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