The importance of diagnostic testing for appropriate student placement at open door colleges is discussed, along with approaches to upgrade teacher skills. It is suggested that colleges typically select students who are skilled and motivated enough to acquire knowledge by the approaches currently offered, and that colleges thus act as screeners…

The 1987 University of Wyoming (UW) Trustees Symposium focused on five major topics. The topics and keynote speakers are as follows: "An Introduction to the University of Wyoming--The Perspective of a Newcomer," (Terry P. Roark); "College: Making the Connections" (Ernest L. Boyer); "A Quality Faculty for the Second…

The Telephone Program which was initially implemented at College of the Canyons ran from February 16, 1977 to June 24, 1977. The Counseling Department coordinated and implemented the program using a volunteer student coordinator and student workers. The program was developed in order to accomplish four objectives: (1) recruit new students from all…

Effective counseling with high-risk students must begin with interpersonal skills and then go beyond traditional practices to create a low-risk learning environment. (Author/LBH)

An analysis of developments at the Open University since 1973 indicates that there has been little reduction in average cost in real terms and that no improvement is likely on known developments to 1979. Reasons for this are explored, and suggestions for improving the situation are offered. (Editor/LBH)

Instead of a campus, the Community College of Vermont has four regional field sites. At regular intervals, the community is asked what it wants and needs to learn. Teachers are found, curricula developed, and instruction begun. At the end of a course students and teachers write narrative evaluations of learning outcomes. (Author/LBH)

Florida's mandate of open enrollment for the community colleges and maintenance of the state universities as a limited access system is examined from the perspectives of its origins, perpetuation, problems, and the need for articulation. (MSE)

Access, excellence, and equity can be combined, with the help of a revised-access model for community colleges that merges the desirable elements of competitive selection and open enrollment in an effort to protect democratic values while supporting quality and commitment. (MSE)

A three-year case study of education at "Oakwood Community College," an anonymous urban institution with an open access admissions policy, is described. What is happening to the students at open-access institutions, their learning styles, their objectives, their behavior, and whether these students are serviced or taught is discussed.…

Some of the common characteristics of remedial students are described and their relation to difficulty in mastering course content and completing course requirements are discussed. Teaching techniques are suggested that will afford students a greater opportunity to succeed. (MLW)

Discussion of 2 themes, the minority student and special programs, comprise the bulk of this review. (Author)

Sketches the historical movement from orality to literacy that Walter J. Ong theorizes, applying it to basic writing instruction for open admissions students. Suggests that teachers first concentrate on narrative and rhetoric to develop writing about particularized details, saving sentence control exercises such as sentence combining for…

The issues of equality and excellence are examined along with the barriers to postsecondary schooling, the organization of college admissions, and the widening of access to further schooling. These factors are used in an intensive study of a single institution's (Roosevelt University's) policies and procedures. (LBH)

Israel's efforts to respond to growing social demands and to expand higher education are outlined, focusing on the extent of the state's involvement in higher education, demand and supply in Israeli universities, the social and academic functions of the Open University, and the overall academization of postsecondary institutions. (MSE)

Considers writing instruction in open-admissions sites as central to the historical formation and continuing practice of composition studies. Interviews compositionists at open-admissions institutions, showing how they put students' acts of reading and writing at the center of their disciplinary practice, and regard the teaching of first-year…