This paper presents excerpts from the introductory and summary chapters of an interim report published in January 1986, the first of three reports to be produced as part of the National Assessment of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) Chapter 1. The interim report, which is intended to provide an analytic and…

This exploratory study investigated claims regarding the impact of more selective admission standards on the characteristics of students entering teacher education at Michigan State University (MSU). The quota system at MSU, set in 1986, restricts the number of candidates admitted to the program in a given academic term. Comparisons were made…

Ethnic, racial, and religious discrimination in selective college admissions was commonplace in the 1920's, but it is doubtful that the College Board's 1926 innovation, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), was developed to be used as an instrument of prejudice. By 1926, the use of quotas by elite colleges had made discrimination in admissions…

The Carnegie Council's position on public and academic policy issues involved in the Bakke case is summarized in this publication. The Council holds that the racial experience of an academically admissible student is among the criteria relevant to admissions decisions. In speaking of race, the experience of persons raised in non English speaking…

Based on a review of the briefs filed with the U. S. Supreme Court in the Bakke case, the principal arguments addressed to the Court, possible dispositions of the case, and implications for the educational community are addressed. Bakke's claim is that he had been denied the equal protection of the laws in that applicants of lesser obective…

A summary of factors involved in the college student selection process and implications for leisure service, recreation, and resource programs at colleges and universities are discussed. Criteria for student selection involve objective and subjective measurements of academic ability. Objective selection procedures include scholastic grades, rank…

The national Minority Biomedical Support (MBS) Program, established in 1972 with National Institutes of Health funds, is described with emphasis on its role in increasing minority representation in biomedical research. (LBH)

This paper contains edited excerpts from a report written by Asian American students at the University of California, Berkeley, Law School in 1975 in response to the faculty's proposal to eliminate or reduce the special admissions program for Asians on the grounds that they have "made it" in American society. (Author/AM)

The Bakke case revolves around one white man's claim that he was discriminated against in favor of blacks, but far more is at stake. Aspects of the case and its social implications for the nation are discussed. Available from: The Atlantic Monthly Co., 8 Arlington St., Boston, MA 02116. (LBH)

Charges that some elite colleges may be purposefully limiting the admission of persons of Asian descent are discussed. The charges, based largely on admissions statistics, have proved difficult to substantiate. The academic interests of Asian students are weighted toward science, making competition for admission in that area more difficult. (MLW)

The five major goals proposed by the Holmes Group are outlined and discussed in-depth. The implications of each goal or recommendation for health education and health educators are considered. (JL)

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of high school students to calculate the actual improvement in freshman grade point average, college completion, and total years of schooling from colleges' use of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Crouse compares predictions based on high school rank to argue that the SAT's costs do not justify…

Data from a 1975 survey using a large sample were analyzed to study the interactions among sex, race, social class, undergraduate grade point average, and the rank of the graduate or professional school attended. Results indicated strong associations between students' academic merit and attendance at prestigious colleges. (GDC)

This legal document asserts that the judgment of the Court of Appeals upholding the constitutionality of the University of Michigan Law School's race-conscious admissions policy should be affirmed. It argues that research evidence in the record supports the compelling interest in promoting educational diversity (the Gurin Report supports the…

This article is a critique of the Dworkinian theory of fairness in the context of Affirmative Action. Although Dworkin committed tremendous endeavors in an attempt to give a fairness argument backed by an empirical study, the question of whether affirmative action is fair remains inconclusive. The sample used in the study is unrepresentative, and…