From a speech delivered at the College Board annual meeting in October 1970 in which author calls the educational system inadequate to meet rapid change. (IR)

Advantages, along with problems that arose when many colleges and universities embraced open admission policies during the past two decades, are recounted. Trends toward more selective admission policies in the 1980s are also discussed. (PP)

It is recommended that in institutions not offering open enrollment, the General Education Development Tests be used to determine cutoff points for program admission. Results of this study indicate that existing cutoff points may be too high, and that open enrollment may be advisable. (MSE)

Marketing techniques have proven useful in several types of admissions situations. The results of a 1979 study of admissions officers' use of marketing techniques indicate that several marketing techniques have been used successfully in situations where selective admissions procedures pertain. (Author)

Minority access to education is a critical problem in society today. Schools must evaluate their true accessibility to minority students and the level of teachers' inter-linguistic and inter-cultural skills must be raised. Pathways through schools must be created that meet the needs of the learners. (JD)

A review of 60 articles published between 1969 and 1999 in "Change" magazine identifies five overlapping eras in which the following issues dominated the literature: (1) student protest, (2) open admissions, (3) diversity, (4) lifelong learning, and (5) the student as consumer. Concludes that, collectively and individually, colleges and…

Previous studies within traditional university settings indicate that a student's mathematics anxiety is directly correlated to previous school mathematics performance, as well as the attitudes developed during those prior mathematics classroom experiences. As a consequence, special programs have been devised at local levels to help students cope…

The open admission policy at the City University of New York, a mixture of successes and failures, is criticized and defended. (Author/DW)

The Learning Laboratory component of the Department of Educational Program Support at the University of Wisconsin at Parkside was evaluated during the academic year 1983-1984 to monitor laboratory and material usage, determine from what areas students were referred, and identify their reasons for laboratory use. The laboratory was part of a…

New York City's public high school was born in the City of Brooklyn and carried to the merged City of Greater New York in 1898 by William H. Maxwell, first City Superintendent of Schools in New York City and former head of Brooklyn's schools. Under his direction, high school enrollments grew ten-fold between 1898 and 1914 to nearly 63,000…

Implications for higher education as a result of open admissions at City University of New York (CUNY) in 1970 are examined in this paper. After a brief general history of open admissions in higher education, a history of CUNY is presented. Preparations for open admission at CUNY are discussed and the six guidelines for the open admission,…

This document concerns the retention and graduation of students at the City University of New York. Major attention is devoted to those who entered the senior and community colleges of CUNY as first-time freshmen in September 1970. This group was the first to enroll in the university under the open admissions policy. This report includes the group…

This study evaluated the reading component of a compensatory education program designed to aid college students whose skills are not sufficient to meet the demands of required English and other courses in the basic studies curriculum. The reading course is required for students who score below 550 on the SAT verbal subtest and who score poorly on…

This document contains a number of papers commissioned by the American College Testing Program (ACT) and the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), and published as a result of the interest and debate about open admissions policies. Part I concerns the question "Who should decide who goes to college?"; Part II,"Who should go to…

This paper examines reforms proposed and initiated for the purpose of reducing inequalities of opportunity for higher education. Traditional differences in college-going opportunities have not diminshed. Implications of several strategies for dealing with this situation are discussed. (Author)