Has the necessity to fill emply places in colleges replaced honesty in admission procedures (Editor/PG)

Two legal scholars examine the difficult problem of race-conscious admissions in the wake of the Supreme Court's nondecision in the DeFunis case. (Editor)

Underlying causes and potential remedies for widespread cheating and sabotage of laboratory experiments committed by premedical students in a variety of institutions are discussed. (LBH)

Describes Japan's archaic university admissions system. (Author/PG)

Presents arguments for and against open admissions policies. (HS)

The nations's largest public college system is a diversified complex of 19 campuses and 250,000 students, devoted to giving 4 years of college to masses of Californians in spite of budget stringencies. (Editor/IR)

Launched with $25 million of support and a "swinging" plan of educational innovation, the new experimental college on the Amherst campus begins its second year to mixed reviews. (Editor/IR)

Describes the current debate going on in Chinese political and educational circles regarding the quality of university education since the Cultural Revolution. Those being singled out for their bourgeois line are critical of such practices as nonacademic selection criteria and the weight given to practical experience in the shortened courses. (JT)

The policies and high standards of Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela are related to the general state of higher education in South America. (LBH)

Discusses how colleges and universities must demonstrate that granting racial preferences in admissions will confer a benefit upon society, and how they can develop a plan for granting racial preferences that is "narrowly tailored" to achieve only the level of diversity needed to create the desired benefit. (EV)

The controversy over Black admissions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is described, which has called into question such areas as quotas, special admissions policies, minority recruiting, and the impact on Black universities of increased Black enrollment at White institutions. (LBH)

The case of a Saudi Arabian student admitted to Princeton illustrates practices of using the admissions process as a means of soliciting gifts for the university. Issues of academic standards, special admissions, and confidentiality are discussed. (LBH)

How can one believe in democratic humanism and not believe in the concept of open admissions? (Author/KE)

Florida's new standards for college admission are outlined and support and criticism from the academic and general community are discussed. Among the issues are unevenness of pre-collegiate academic experience, increased barriers to minority group access and success, and the ability of the new standards to assure equivalent undergraduate…

A fantasy of the future is described, when the gains go not to the most qualified but to the most affluent, when college admissions seek to match supply with demand. The "product" higher education wishes to produce and the objectives of the admissions process are considered. (MLW)