This study examined faculty experience with student academic unpreparedness at two open-admission universities in the southern United States. Fourteen faculty from core subject areas, such as English, history, and mathematics, completed open-ended interviews on the effects of student unpreparedness. Faculty discussed the basic problems and…

Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers which relate to nontraditional programs, including programs for special categories of students, are summarized. Names and institutions of conference participants are included. (MSE)

The controversy generated by the CUNY open admissions policy is described by its former president. The combination of tuition charges and the modified open admissions policy lowered student enrollment and the retrenchment of younger faculty lowered the morale of the faculty. (MLW)

For years in Australia some form of public examination has been regarded as the test of the 'good' school or student. As a direct consequence, the examination exerts an influence upon the curriculum that makes reform difficult. An open admissions policy is discussed. (MLW)

Discusses the impact of the City University of New York's open-admissions policy and its effect on academic quality. It examines the school's changing student demographics over the years and incoming-student quality. It raises the issue of lowering academic standards to meet the educational level of the changing student population. (GLR)

A perspective on quality in higher education suggests that standards and assumptions about quality that have been traditionally accepted for upper level colleges are not applicable to community colleges. It is proposed that quality standards be established for community colleges to reflect their unique mission and goals. The most distinctive…

This report is another in a continuing series of reports on open admissions compiled by the CUNY Office of Program and Policy Research. An earlier report dealt with general trends in student retention at the City University of New York during the period September 1970 through June 1972. The new report studies academic trends, in terms of credits…

A highly individualized admissions process allows Essex Community College (Maryland) to identify talented and motivated students whose prior academic work might make them ineligible for honors at other institutions. The curriculum is designed around innovative honors sections of regular courses that challenge students intellectually and help…

This report of the evaluation of the Office of Instructional Resources Teaching Center at the University of Florida describes an approach to the problem of assessing an instructional program developed for students who do not meet the admission requirements of the state university system. The program evaluation design not only provides a model to…

On December 15, 1975 the Board of Higher Education of the City of New York passed a resolution requiring that all applicants demonstrate on eighth grade reading and numerical competence level to be required for admittance on a full time, matriculated status. In as much as the open admissions policy had the aim of increasing the participation of…

In an effort to find out the costs of more selective admission to the University of Wisconsin, UW-Oshkosh examined the progress of students who entered the university as freshmen in the 1960-61 academic year, when admission was relatively "open." Results showed that the state could save millions of dollars a year if it restricted…

Describes a national study of community college funding conditions at the state level, which ascertained whether individual institutions had implemented or were considering enrollment limitations resulting from budget shortfalls. Although a majority of states reported declining state support and increasing enrollments, few college leaders reported…

A state-wide study of transfer students moving from two-year to four-year colleges in 1974 was conducted in order to describe the extent to which the New Jersey County Colleges were serving as the entry point for students seeking a baccalaureate degree, to enhance the understanding of the impact of two-year college transfer students on the…

The implications of the open-door admissions policy of the City Colleges of Chicago are discussed by the chancellor. Characteristics of the student population include an increasing average age of students, a majority of night students, and a large proportion of minorities, particularly Blacks and Hispanics. As a public community college system,…

The academic standings of provisionally admitted high school graduates and matched controls (regular admissions) at a state university were analyzed after one to three years. The results revealed highly significant differences in favor of the controls. The criterion was academic status at the university. Analysis of covariance controlling the…