Essays on access to the State higher education systems of Nebraska and California and an extensive case study of the open admissions program at the City University of New York are presented. The document indicates the right to a free higher education of a student's choice, criticizes the institutions that allegedly provide open admissions, and…

The Council for Basic Education sponsored an all-day symposium on open admissions in 1971. This booklet contains the full text of the addresses given on that occasion, as well as the major part of the discussion among the panelists and answers to questions from the audience. The aim of the symposium was not only to provide information about…

Four community college presidents (i.e., Robert A. Anderson, New Mexico Junior College; Flora Mancuso Edwards, Hostos Community College (NY); D. Kent Sharples, Horry-Georgetown Technical College (SC); and George B. Vaughan, Piedmont Virginia Community College) offer explanations of how community colleges can maintain open-door admissions, provide…

Maintains that open door admissions and educational quality are not in conflict but rather both desirable and possible. Examines ways a community college can support quality in an open door admissions environment, stressing institutional commitment to reasonable achievement standards. (DMM)

Experimental college deals with the problem of maintaining academic standards with an open admissions policy. (HS)

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

Our colleges need college admissions policy that will both preserve the integrity and quality of America's colleges and advance the cause of minorities and the disadvantaged. Address delivered in Des Moines, Iowa, April 13, 1970. (Editor)

Secondary schools have traditionally looked to higher education for guidance and leadership, yet they might do better looking elsewhere. Instead of teaching being considered a plum, it is considered a burden, and outstanding faculty may be lured to an institution with the promise of no undergraduate classes. Colleges base their reputation often on…

The roles and responsibilities of admissions professionals at 144 institutions throughout the country are outlined. Topics covered include admissions procedures, requirements, test use, prediction, student mix, transfers, academic quality, recruitment, data management, financial aid, projections, and placement. (LBH)

Discussion of factors affecting admissions and an expansion of opportunities to attend college. (IR)

This address focuses on the topic of open admissions and its implications for policies and procedures. A discussion, defining terms like excellence, equality, and open admissions, initiates a brief examination of issues such as institution-based and individual-based barriers to posesecondary schooling, the organization of college admissions--its…

The black graduate student continues to face discrimination at the doctoral level because of widespread belief that black graduates are not research-oriented. (DS)