This chapter explores the evolution of open admissions and developmental education at the City University of New York, and discusses how CUNY and, in particular, Bronx Community College have addressed the challenges presented by underprepared college freshmen.

When superintendent Bill Harbron of the Northern Ozaukee School District in Fredonia, Wisconsin decided it was time to offer more instructional alternatives to students and parents, an e-learning program seemed like the perfect fit. After researching and considering several options, he invited e-learning content provider K12 to present its program…

Findings of a study that examined parental reactions to the implementation of Minnesota's statewide open-enrollment program are presented in this paper. Data were derived from telephone interviews conducted with 162 parents at the end of the 1989-90 school year. A three-way multivariate research design with eight dependent variables was used to…

A program to enroll Vietnam veterans in college through recruitment and open admission was evaluated. Results indicated that many new freshmen veterans were inadequately prepared for college and were less likely to complete the academic year in good standing than their nonveteran classmates. (Author)

The City University of New York (CUNY) instituted an open admissions policy in 1970 which provides all New York City high school graduates with an opportunity to attend college. Given the wide academic range of students now attending CUNY, compensatory models are being developed and evaluated in order to effectively deal with skill deficiencies.…

CALIFORNIA'S "OPEN-DOOR" POLICY HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LOW-ABILITY STUDENTS IN THE JUNIOR COLLEGES. IN SPRING, 1964, LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE BEGAN AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM FOR 64 STUDENTS WHO SCORED BELOW THE 11TH PERCENTILE ON THE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ABILITY TESTS. FACULTY VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICES, AND AN INTEGRATED…

Longitudinal grade distribution frequencies before and after the institution of open admissions in fall 1970 are discussed in three related documents. The first examines the period from spring 1968 to fall 1973, showing failure grades increasing from 5.2% to 10.1% (94% increase) with open admissions, and "C" grades decreasing 19%, while all other…

This address focuses on the topic of open admissions and its implications for policies and procedures. A discussion, defining terms like excellence, equality, and open admissions, initiates a brief examination of issues such as institution-based and individual-based barriers to posesecondary schooling, the organization of college admissions--its…

This report discusses briefly the concept of open education and its application at the college and university level. Efforts already underway in the United States and abroad are covered in two appendices. Four models of open universities are described in some detail. One model is based on the extension of community college activities. The second…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves 450 students at Otero Junior College (La Junta, Colorado). One of the goals of the program, begun in 1969, is to permit the junior college to retain or even slightly increase its academic standards while, at the same time, admitting all students irrespective of their…

This report concerns the residential distribution of first-time freshmen applicants to the City University of New York (CUNY) in 1969, before the implementation of the open admissions policy, and in 1970 and 1972, after it. The report also includes information on the allocation and enrollment of first-time freshmen applicants in the most recent of…

This report marks the conclusion of a special project supported by the Carnegie Corporation as an integral part of the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) commitment to provide full opportunity for blacks in postsecondary education. The summary report includes a brief account of a writing conference which dealt with seven questions: (1)…

Discusses topics pertinent to staffing in the two-year college, including differences in two-year college programs, preparatory programs for two-year college teachers, one department's standards in hiring teachers, challenges posed by open enrollment policies, and ways new faculty members at one college are helped to grow, improve, and be…

The City College of New York's dean of humanities reflects on the gains, the losses, and the meaning of the experience of open admissions for American education. (Editor/RK)