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New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1989
The College Admissions Practices Project examined the effects of rising admissions standards on postsecondary minority enrollment. A national survey of 158 institutions gathered data on changes since 1980 in the following areas: enrollment, faculty data, admissions practices, and racially motivated incidents on campus. In addition, questions were…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Students, Competitive Selection
Download full textMurnane, Richard J. – 1984
This essay reviews research pertaining to the relative merits and drawbacks of expanding family choice in public education. A primary objective is to identify and explore tensions among competing objectives in the design of expanded choice systems. After an introductory section on goals and definitions, the second section explores how more family…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Catholic Schools, Competitive Selection, Compulsory Education
