The array of admissions models and the underlying, and sometimes conflicting goals people have for college admissions, create the dynamics and the tensions that define the contemporary context for enrollment management. The senior enrollment officer must ask, for example, how does an institution try to assure transparency, equality of access,…

The author examines surveys indicating that, in general, community college students are significantly less inclined and less able than students at four-year colleges to earn a bachelor's degree. He argues that it is important for teachers of English to understand the numerous conditions that limit the first group's chances for such "success."…

This article reports on a Texas charter school network which aims to expand the ranks of disadvantaged students who graduate, not just from high school, but from college as well. To earn a high school diploma, each student at YES (short for Youth Engaged in Service) Prep Public Schools, a growing Houston-area network of charters that predominantly…

Community colleges enroll nearly half the undergraduates in the U.S. These institutions play a significant role in the academic, social, political, and economic future of our nation. As historically open admission institutions, with a primary focus on providing access to higher education, they have been pressed in recent decades--as has all of…

The urban mission of two-year community colleges with open enrollment policies is to train, retain and graduate students from all walks of life, including the poor, displaced, under-employed, and unemployed. This mission can be undermined if management decisions are not informed by detailed enrollment data, especially on how the timing of student…

City University of New York has extended the concept of ?open door" to ?open curriculum" by allowing any student to enroll in any program, transfer or terminal, regardless of his high school grade point average. To maximize the opportunities for success, large-scale counseling, tutorial, remedial and developmental programs have been…

Authors describe the open admissions program at CUNY and discuss its effect on students and the institution itself. (SP)

From the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America, sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

This paper identifies some manifestations of "access" and also examines certain barriers to college admittance that have been significant in the past and, in certain instances, continue to the present. Accordingly, the first section traces the history of enrollment growth and notes that: (1) access to given institutions of higher education has…

When colleges and universities provide academic assistance, adequate counseling, and ample financial aid, open admissions students overcome initial academic deficiencies and successfully progress towards graduation. (MM)

Author examines the changing philosophies of admission to post-secondary institutions within the context of open-door policies. (Author/MM)