Results of questionnaires sent to 58 admissions directors indicate: (1) special degree students are initially not differentiated from other applicants; and (2) criteria for effectively evaluating special program applicants, as distinct from standard ones, are necessary. (Editor/PG)

Despite evidence of many research studies supporting early school admission for mentally advanced children, attitudes and practice in the majority of schools have prevented its institution. This article discusses the major questions raised about early admission, examines teacher attitudes, and concludes that teachers need to be reeducated on this…

A comparison of the Universities Central Council on Admissions (UCCA) and the Single Application Method (SAM). (IR)

The author describes the special-admissions program challenged in the Bakke litigation and the Supreme Court's reaction to it. He examines the desirability of an affirmative-action component in an enlightened admissions program; and offers two models of special-admissions programs that would meet the requirements of the Bakke decision. (CT)

Recommends that school performance should be used as a criterion for admission to the next level of schooling where there is an empirically demonstrated or logically plausible basis for so doing. If the number of acceptable students exceeds the number that can possibly be admitted, then selection should use carefully selected aptitude or ability…

Discusses the decision by Florence-Darlington Technical College to waive its Scholastic Achievement Test entrance requirement for nursing degree applicants over 24 years old who could successfully complete the science component of the associate degree nursing curriculum. Discusses effects of the policy change on grades, attrition rates, and…

Assesses the possible impact on academia of the Hopwood decision in which the U.S. Court of Appeals ordered the University of Texas to stop considering race as a factor in making its admission decisions. The author explains how race-blind admissions threaten private universities' ability to pursue affirmative action policies as allowed pursuant to…

This study examined admission rates of student-athletes and students in general at DePauw University (Indiana) over a three-year period. Data on admissions from 1994 through 1996 were reviewed, and it was found that 47 percent of applicants identified themselves as student-athletes and that 82 percent of all applicants were accepted. The results…

Argues that equalizing opportunity alone will not bring about equality with respect to the way our society distributes its resources: changing individuals in some fashion without altering social structural relationships will effect a relatively small change in the present unequal distribution of goods and services. (Author/JM)

Two civil libertarians, who take opposing positions on the civil liberties aspects of preferential treatment, contributed first statements of their positions-- entitled, respectively, "Eliminating Racial Inequality in a Racist World" and "Honorable Ends, Unsavory Means"; also includes brief rebuttals of each other's positions. (JM)

Responding to a mandate from the Board of Higher Education to submit a plan for an open admissions policy that would allocate students to the various programs of the University, the University Commission on Admissions of the City University of New York (CUNY) offers three admissions plans, all based on the use of the criterion of class rank…

The most commonly-used procedure in selective college admissions involves selecting students on the basis of predicted college grades computed from the regression of college grades on test scores and high school grades. Minority students have usually fared poorly in the selective admissions process and, consequently, the possibility of bias in…

Reports on a study of the relation between admissions criteria and success measures. Calls for more such studies, especially in graduate journalism education and related programs. (RL)