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Aubery, Pierre – French Review, 1972
Descriptors: Advantaged, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, French Literature
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Watson, Goodwin – Liberal Education, 1972
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Equal Education
Gould, Samuel B. – Today's Education, 1972
Views the current upsurge of nontraditionalism as a reaction to the loss of individuality in political, social, economic, and even religious areas. Examines the flaws and dangers that lie hidden in a nontraditional movement, particularly in the field of education, and finds that flexibility and individualized learning are some of its positive…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Theories, Individual Development, Individualized Instruction
Christodoulu, A. – Education Canada, 1971
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Continuing Education Centers, Continuous Progress Plan, Extension Education
Lane, Hugh W. – Liberal Educ, 1970
Americans must devise ways to achieve some better educational goal in which each student's maximal development is reached and no one is excluded from getting a higher education. (IR)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Financial Support, Higher Education
Nevins, Lawrence – Nat Assn Coll Admissions Counselors J, 1970
Describes an adapter program, currently operational at the State University of New York's Urban Center in Manhattan, which prepares people with vocational, general and high school equivalency diplomas to enter college and survive without further assistance. (Author/CJ)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Black Students, College Admission, Disadvantaged Youth
Binning, Dennis W. – Coll Univ Bus, 1970
Discussion of factors affecting admissions and an expansion of opportunities to attend college. (IR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Attitude Change, Educational Opportunities
Douglass, Dorrine M. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1982
Community colleges have substantially different testing needs from four-year colleges. Since almost all community colleges are open-door institutions, tests are used less for admissions purposes than for placement, guidance, and awarding of credit. (Author)
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Community Colleges, Open Enrollment, School Counseling
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Brender, Myron – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
Discusses applying psychological principles to modify behavior of open enrollment students in introductory psychology courses. Open enrollment students frequently are inadequately socialized in the requirements of the student role, lacking in study skills, and poorly motivated to achieve academically. Procedures are integrated into the formal…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Open Enrollment
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Taylor, Chris; Gorard, Stephen; Fitz, John – Educational Management & Administration, 2002
In the United Kingdom the number of parents appealing rejection of their preference for their child's school has risen considerably. Suggests dissatisfaction with the new market-based system. Possible causes are discussed. (Contains 2 tables, 7 figures, and 23 references.) (MLF)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Foreign Countries, Marketing Education, Open Enrollment
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Doyle, Shannon J. – Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 1990
Notes difficulties encountered teaching history in an open university. Describes methodology used in a twentieth-century history course, combining current events with the course content. Using a major continuing news story as the basis for a semester project, students are asked to consider multiple scenarios and to predict outcomes of current…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation, Nontraditional Students
Clinchy, Evans – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
Choice can potentially transform schooling if it is properly understood, carefully thought through, and implemented in stages. Genuine diversity means offering parents and students a range of educational options from preschool through high school. However, the U.S. currently spends more on one Stealth bomber than on all magnet school programs.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education, Open Enrollment
Pearson, Judith – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
Responding to Joe Nathan's praise of Minnesota's school choice programs in the same "Kappan" issue, this article cites teacher opinion poll deficiencies; mistaken correlations involving open enrollment, rural district cooperation, and enabling state legislation; and insufficient program implementation and evaluation data. The hidden…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Competition, Consolidated Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Rosenberg, Bella – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1989
Arguments for and against school choice are presented. Claims on both sides often obscure the complexities, dilemmas, and tradeoffs involved. If diversity and choice become ends in themselves, if choice is not coupled with fundamental reform and the quest for excellence, the choices may be empty ones. (Author/VM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Interdistrict Policies, Open Enrollment
Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Discusses prospects for City University of New York in light of its recent decision to end both open admissions and remedial programs. Quotes the school's chancellor who wants to restore the school's earlier reputation for high quality general education, professional schools, and Ph.D. programs. Also notes administrative and funding concerns. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Institutional Mission
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