This essay analyzes the ways in which subtly but powerfully racist ideologies of language and literacy shaped the institutional development of one writing program for "high-risk" African American college students during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It further theorizes the value of such institutional analysis for counteracting racism…

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…

Explains the City University of New York's reversal of its 1970 Open Admissions Policy and discusses the ramifications of that reversal. (NH)

The Hunter College Midtown Library was designed to aid and give active guidance to students who lacked library proficiency. (Author/PF)

Approval is given to the idea that each individual should be allowed to attend college, regardless of his background, and to learn at college how to find himself. (CK)

A student at Lehman College describes student reaction to the threat of loss of free tuition and open admissions at New York City University. To money managers, he contends, they represent a "noble tradition," to students economic necessities. (Editor/JT)

The American Council on Education, in cooperation with University Research Corporation, has undertaken a major research program involving the City University of New York's (CUNY) open admissions experience. The information presented in this paper is based on: (1) intensive interviews with Open Admissions freshmen; (2) data obtained from Student…

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

The City College of New York's dean of humanities reflects on the gains, the losses, and the meaning of the experience of open admissions for American education. (Editor/RK)

Open Admissions procedures respond to the non-traditional philosophy that higher education should perform a triple function: communicate knowledge to students, expand the content of various disciplines, and interact in a direct relationship to society. This article describes the ideological and fiscal course of Open Admissions at City University…

The Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) in California appears to be a very successful program with considerable promise for substantially raising higher education participation rates for low-income and minority group students. (Author)

The complete text of a statement of policy and proposed action adopted by the Regents of the University of the State of New York; its official title is Minority access to and participation in post-secondary education.'' (JM)