The survival of black public school teachers is contingent upon significant improvement in their performance on the National Teacher Examination (NTE). The soundest way to improve their performance is to improve the educational program in the black colleges and universities where the teachers are trained. As open admissions institutions, it is the…

A perspective on quality in higher education suggests that standards and assumptions about quality that have been traditionally accepted for upper level colleges are not applicable to community colleges. It is proposed that quality standards be established for community colleges to reflect their unique mission and goals. The most distinctive…

In an effort to provide a platform from which all 108 California community colleges could address the problems and issues of grading policy, the California Community and Junior College Association developed and adopted an official position statement. The statement cites the need for flexibility within state regulations to allow for adjustments at…

Five essays for reading instructors at two-year colleges are provided in this issue of "Forum for Reading." First, Kent Smith notes the increased recruitment of underprepared students and argues that colleges are responsible for assuring that admissions personnel, administrators, and faculty know the types of students they can and cannot…

A MENTAL HEALTH WORKER CAN FUNCTION AS A CONSULTANT WHO HELPS TO IDENTIFY THE FACTORS WHICH INTERFERE WITH SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL INTEGRATION. AT THE PRESENT TIME OPEN ENROLLMENT METHODS FOR SCHOOL DESEGREGATION HAVE BEEN HAMPERED BY POOR MANAGEMENT DURING THE THREE "CRITICAL"PHASES OF A MOVEMENT TOWARD INTEGRATION. THE PHASES INVOLVE A…

THE SCHOOLS OFFER THE GREATEST PROMISE FOR ACHIEVING RACIAL INTEGRATION IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. ALTHOUGH IT IS WRONG TO ARGUE THAT NO NEGRO SCHOOL IS GOOD UNLESS WHITE CHILDREN ARE BROUGHT INTO IT, THE FACT IS THAT SEGREGATED SCHOOLS DO PRODUCE A NEGATIVE SELF-IMAGE AND LOW MOTIVATION. COORECTIVE EFFORTS TO BALANCE THE SCHOOL RACIALLY MUST NOT BE…

The class entering Bronx Community College in September 1980 is described in this report in terms of high school averages (general, English, and mathematics); placement into remedial or pre-college level English, reading, and mathematics courses; and subsequent enrollment in these courses. The data, compared on a series of tables with findings…

The establishment of open admissions policies at institutions of professional/graduate education in recent years has led to the creation of a heterogeneous student clientele, many of whom are deficient in the reading and study skills necessary for academic success. This paper considers the teaching of reading to professional/graduate students. It…

This paper examines consumer education choices over variables affecting the quality and the costs of differing educational outcomes. For ten years, the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has pursued a policy of open enrollment. Transfer figures for the 1974-75 school year at the city's 15 high schools are analyzed according to schoolwide racial data,…

This program audit evaluates the effectiveness of the special higher education opportunity programs financially assisted by New York State in the four year public and private universities and colleges in the State. These programs are officially identified as: SEEK--Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge (1966)--the program at the City…

This document contains the substance of three lectures delivered at Memphis State University in June 1970. It should be of interest to recent high school graduates, their parents, and other laymen interested in American higher education. The first lecture discusses the history of the community college movement and the changes in popular attitudes…

This report, written by the defense counsel for the Denver Board of Education, analyzes the events prior to and the chronological details of a law suit, filed in June 1969 against the Denver School District, alleging racial segregation. Events between 1956 and 1962 that led to the litigation are recounted: school board action in regard to boundary…

Due in part to the open enrollment policy in junior colleges, there is a great diversity in student reading ability that dictates a need to individualize reading instruction. Individualization, defined as personalized instruction, may be accomplished through helping the student to read course materials, helping him to read special materials, or…

This bibliography presents materials for research and application of open admissions policies in higher education. Sections cover: open admissions; factors influencing high school graduates to attend college; disadvantaged and minority students; precollege and special programs; English and reading skills; general compensatory programs; dropouts;…

This report is another in a continuing series of reports on open admissions compiled by the CUNY Office of Program and Policy Research. An earlier report dealt with general trends in student retention at the City University of New York during the period September 1970 through June 1972. The new report studies academic trends, in terms of credits…