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Download full textPucel, David – 1980
With the recent increase in the number of students wishing to enter vocational programs and the increased pressure on accountability and efficiency, vocational educators need to reexamine their policies regarding the selection and admission of students. Several considerations that complicate these decisions are (1) open-door policies that exist in…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Disabilities
Schmidt, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A federal appeals court has upheld an amendment to California's constitution that bars government agencies from granting preferences based on gender or race. The California Civil Rights Initiative, or Proposition 209, was found not to violate the Equal Protection Clause. If the ruling is not reversed, public colleges and universities will be…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Civil Rights Legislation, College Admission, Constitutional Law
