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Williams, Randall – Change, 1978
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)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Admission

Fisher, Marc – Change, 1977
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)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Alumni, Confidentiality

Kuh, George D.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Change, 2004
In the minds of most people, the best colleges are those that are the most selective. The purpose of this document is to discover if students at more selective institutions have or take greater advantage of learning opportunities. Two independent datasets were used to research this idea. The first is the National Study of Student Learning (NSSL),…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Undergraduate Students, Student Participation

Collins, William – Change, 1982
A rebuttal to an article by Pearl Lucas is presented. Cornell University's Committee on Special Educational Projects program, established to support the admission and adjustment of black students, is described. College and university special education programs are seen to contribute to academic achievement and promotion of scholarship. (MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Education, Black Students, Blacks

Freiherr, Gregory – Change, 1979
The national Minority Biomedical Support (MBS) Program, established in 1972 with National Institutes of Health funds, is described with emphasis on its role in increasing minority representation in biomedical research. (LBH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Biomedicine, Black Students, Educational Supply

Stern, David; Briggs, Derek – Change, 2001
Discusses the mounting pressures higher education faces in finding new ways to assess high school students' fitness for college, describing four problems that state are encountering (economic conditions, high attrition levels, changing high school exit requirements, and the changing face of schools) and explaining states' responses to these…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Applicants

Howe, Harold, II – Change, 1978
It is noted that the Supreme Court's Bakke decision does not require affirmative action in admissions--it merely allows it. The Court's support for the use of race as a permissible criterion in university admissions is no guarantee to minority persons that they will receive special consideration in competition with whites. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Graduate Study, Higher Education

Fitt, Alfred B. – Change, 1977
The Bakke case before the Supreme Court raises questions far beyond the obvious ones about admissions policy. It may be a turning point in the history of American race relations. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational Demand, Higher Education, Medical Schools

Randal, Judith – Change, 1979
A Johns Hopkins School of Medicine symposium on Women Physicians in Contemporary Society is summarized. Although a growing number of women are entering the profession, they are particularly vulnerable to the competing pressures of career, marriage, and child care. (JMF)
Descriptors: Conferences, Family Life, Females, Futures (of Society)

Hill, Norbert – Change, 1991
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) was established to develop technically informed leadership within the Indian community by significantly and quickly increasing the number of American Indian scientists and engineers, ensuring professional growth, and developing Indian leaders through precollege culturally sensitive camps,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Developmental Studies Programs, Dropout Prevention, Early Intervention

Ashdown, Ellen – Change, 1979
Discussed is the difficulty encountered in teaching humanities to underprepared students at Florida A & M University, where 90 percent of the students are in the special admissions category that permits enrollment of students who score below the entrance requirement. Administrative neglect of the humanities is also addressed. (JMD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Students, Educational Problems, Educational Quality