The challenge of structuring college curriculum to meet all of the educational needs of new students to higher education (those who would not be in college except for open admissions policies) is considered in this book. Research studies on teaching, learning, and student development form the basis for improvements in college programs outlined.…

In order to help underprepared students entering college in an open admissions program learn to write original research papers, a method was devised which relates the students' experiences in the nonacademic world to their academic assignments. Students first visit a local business, store, or institution with which they are familiar and write an…

During the spring of 1974 a series of seminars on student aid programs and student access was held in connection with the congressional hearings on Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Participants represented the federal, state, or institutional point of view. This document reporting on those seminars, deals with federal-state responsibilities…

This issue of the IRCD Bulletin is comprised of papers focusing on procedures and policies relating to admission to colleges. The first article by Dr. Edmund W. Gordon, "Higher Education and the Challenge of Universal Access to Post-Secondary Education," discusses the democratizing and humanistic functions of colleges in arriving at new admission…

The philosophy of the comprehensive community colleges, as well as their promises, has resulted in a revolution in higher education. The philosophy is that everyone should have access to higher education, at a price he can afford to pay, and that curricula should be geared to the real needs of persons. Most comprehensive community colleges offer…

At an urban, open-door institution like Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado, many students enter college with some dificiencies in basic reading and writing skills. Therefore, the Reading Department at Metro State has attempted to meet the needs of the entire college through some multidisciplinary approaches to teaching reading. Reading…

Modeled on the British Open University, Everyman's has adapted the idea of learning at a distance to Israel's particular needs. Focus is on self-instructional texts and kits and home laboratories for courses like electronics. Students also get staff help, have radio or television lessons, and attend regional study centers. (LBH)

Experience at Evergreen has shown that it is possible to make interdisciplinary programs work well and to do so at an undergraduate, open-admission, liberal arts state college. About one-third of the students are enrolled in a full-time interdisciplinary program of 40 to 90 students, staffed by two to five faculty members. (Editor/LBH)

The view of higher education as a privilege, rather than a right, did not die with open admissions in the City University system. Rather, under pressures of the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, this view has regained its ascendancy as socially advantaged groups struggle to maintain their position. (Author/GC)

Discusses open-door admission policy. Whether students might be admitted to the institution but be blocked from specific programs by tightening criteria is tested by the use of Muller's IQV method designed to compare qualitative variations. Results indicate minority students at Northeastern Illinois University have access to all programs. (Author)

Discusses some of the problems faced by Black colleges and their role in Black achievement. Suggests some policies and goals that focus on the survival and progress for Black colleges and for Blacks. (EB)

The AAUP investigating committee reports on the mass dismissals faced by teachers at the City University of New York, which was a direct result of the fiscal disaster in New York City. A chronology of major events in the city and the university is presented along with an assessment of their impact. (LBH)

It is noted that "undervalued metropolitan universities," which generally have open enrollment, low tuition, and a large proportion of nontraditional students, often also have a diffuse and unclear public image. A model positioning concept for these institutions, used by Wright State University (Ohio) is proposed and described. (MSE)

Results of a survey of college admission standards in the United States are presented. In addition to providing information on current and proposed admission standards by state, the status of current and proposed admission standards of state governing/coordinating agencies is covered. Such agencies are classified into four categories: those that…

Conditions leading to the loss of accreditation by Parsons College and ethical questions raised by the closing of the college are considered. Practices at the college that were undertaken under the Parsons Plan during 1955-1967 increased enrollment from 200 to over 5,000 students in 11 years. These practices included: open-door admission for…