The extent and effectiveness of access to higher education requires careful assessment. Especially for students who have been previously excluded from higher education for noneducational reasons, the experience of dismissal or withdrawal can be cruelly frustrating. Because the benefits of a college education are not gained by getting into college…

An approach to open admissions has been tested for the past five years at the City University of New York (CUNY). The open admissions policy was adopted in July 1969 by the Board of Higher Education, acting under intense political pressure after a spring of unrest and confrontation. After five years at CUNY, the ideal and practice of open…

Concerned with the problems of low representation of minority groups in the craft unions in the building trades, this study examined the journeymen admission policies of 17 national craft unions and 98 local affiliates as provided in their national and local constitutions and in their national and local apprenticeship standards under the program…

A combination of events have moved various colleges and universities to grant admissions to minority group students. With this change, problems have developed: Mainly that of admissions criteria as related to academic achievement. The trend has become, therefore, toward either random selection or an open door policy. No matter what the process of…

The most commonly-used procedure in selective college admissions involves selecting students on the basis of predicted college grades computed from the regression of college grades on test scores and high school grades. Minority students have usually fared poorly in the selective admissions process and, consequently, the possibility of bias in…

Presents a comprehensive guide to educational and financial opportunities for minority students. The 740 institutions listed represent a broad variety of educational areas ranging from art to medicine. The following information is provided for each school: person to contact, application fee, required admissions tests, percent of minority…

This essay discusses testing of the disadvantaged and the possibilities for new approaches to the problem. The black community's resistance to testing and the legal implications of employment and educational discrimination which results from testing are discussed. The objections to testing the disadvantaged are reviewed. At the end, it is hoped…

Choosing from among the many who are qualified in order to achieve, among other things, the racial and ethnic diversity so important to our institutions, cannot be left to chance. There are many ways to achieve diversity, but race must be specifically considered in choosing a student body. (Author/EB)

Understanding the experience of minority students in graduate school requires moving beyond traditional quantitative data and listening to them voice their concerns. Interview data are reported for student family background, graduate and professional school experience, career and commitment, admissions issues, and reactions to Bakke. (Author/LBH)

Dental school admission policy must direct significant attention to the number of selectees who might enter each of the dental career fields and to those who might eventually serve population segments that currently receive little dental care. Specific suggestions for improving the admissions situation are offered. (LBH)

Advocates an alternative conception of excellence in higher education, one based on how well an institution can develop its students' talents, not on the quality of the entering class's grades and test scores. Such an outlook would increase minority enrollment. (DM)

Presents three cases based on actual federal court litigation to illustrate the problems involved in whether to set goals or quotas in affirmative action programs, discusses how she would adjuciate them if she were the presiding judge, and examines the issues involved in an attempt to clarify the areas of disagreement in the controversies over…

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

This report focuses on how selective, unzoned public high school programs in New York City choose among their applicants and how students from low income, predominantly minority school districts are adversely affected in the process. The following findings are reported: (1) There are no consistent citywide criteria for determining which selection…