The numbers of Black and minority students and faculty at universities are declining for a number of reasons: Federal student aid and compensatory programs are being cut back, admissions standards are stiffening and many inner-city students are ill-prepared to compete; and universities are making less of an effort to recruit Black students outside…

Thirteen Latina teachers were interviewed regarding their memories of and experiences with getting into college and getting degrees in education. Data came from the second phase of a 2-year study. In the first phase, researchers examined teachers' early childhood reading experiences. This study used individual interviews and focus groups to…

Part of a series on the transition of students with disabilities from school to adult roles, this guide focuses on the transition to postsecondary education. It presents a model, the Opportunities in Postsecondary Education through Networking (OPEN) model, to assist students, parents, and school personnel in the decision-making, planning, and…

This document consists of all 25 issues of Volume 13 of "The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education," a biweekly journal that addresses issues in higher education for Hispanic Americans. Each issue contains several feature articles, a "First Impressions" or "Periodically" brief report, "Targeting Higher…

Some of the things parents can do to prepare Canadian high school students for success in college are outlined. Helping students prepare for a university education is very important at this time because of new job skill requirements, a potential shortage of university teachers in Canada that may reduce the number of students admitted to college,…

A steep and continuing national decline in master's program applications is influencing applicant pool composition, enrollments, and programs. Reasons include immediate and long-term economic considerations and current lessened interest in social reform and human service. Both educational and professional questions are raised by these…

Describes the Personalized Admissions and Advisement System introduced at Triton College, Illinois, to administer student recruitment, admissions, advising, and initial orientation. The article compares the old and the new systems and points out the benefits of the computer-assisted method, particularly as related to speed and ease of data…

The following hypothesis is tested and validated: that individual differences in interviewers' tendencies to rate generously or harshly, applicant characteristics, and the dissimilarity between applicant and interviewer characteristics contribute simultaneously to the prediction of interviewers' ratings of medical school applicants. (JMD)

This study determined how accurately high school students (n= 1119) report class rank on the Student Descriptive Questionnaire (SDQ). Official transcripts were analyzed to determine which rank category should have been reported by each applicant. The authors concluded students report their rank in class with a fairly high degree of accuracy.…

Reviews issues concerning learning disabled (LD) students in the college environment, including demographics of this population, related federal legislation, principles underlying policy concerning LD students, distinction between accommodation and privilege for LD students, the uniqueness of each student's needs, and the simple nature of most…

Dramatic shifts in the characteristics and subsequent needs of college-going students are reshaping higher education's learning delivery system. A "generation of variance," wherein nontraditional students of today become the traditional/majority students of tomorrow, soon will dominate the student population of higher education. Discusses…

Describes a study of variables associated with student intentions to attend community colleges or other higher education institutions, based on responses to the student profile section of the American College Testing Assessment Program. Indicates that community college students were generally lower achievers than others but had taken more advanced…

A discussion of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) looks at the legislation's implications for the relationships between medical schools, applicants, and students. Issues examined include impact on the application/admissions process and accommodation of student disabilities. Fifteen steps for medical schools to take to comply with the act…

Gender differences in omitting items and guessing on multiple-choice tests were studied in Israel for 302 male and 302 female ninth graders and 150 male and 150 female university applicants. Females tended to omit more items and guess less often than did males. Implications for scoring are discussed. (SLD)

According to a recent study of 150 leading private colleges and universities, raising tuition/fees faster than the growth of family income is self-defeating. It forces institutions to divert some new revenue into financial aid, narrows the applicant pool, and undermines the social contract supporting need-based aid. (MSE)