Studied the type of skills required for engineering students to succeed in their work, using high school grades and predictor batteries such as aptitude and standardized achievement tests. Concluded that the findings of similar earlier studies were confirmed with achievement tests preferred over aptitude tests for student selection. (CC)

Discussed the problems of gaining admission as well as an education in the Federal Republic of Germany. (Author/RK)

Article considered the strain of open admission policy upon the educational budget and the reaction to educational reform in the universities. (RK)

The authors report on a study whose purpose was to determine if, after adjusting for initial differences in high school averages and SAT scores via separate regression equations, differential admissions criterion by sex is justifiable. No justification is found. (RP)

The present study provides evidence to suggest that in naming students the college should seek to enroll, faculty members tend to choose students who are most like themselves--male, bright, high academic achievers, desiring to pursue graduate work. (Author)

The author suggests that if a university's goals and practices are designed to prepare students for success in the past college world, then there should be a closer examination of the non academic factors related to post college success before further decisions are made about college admissions. (Author/BY)

The survey has found that admissions procedures for adults are generally not handled in any special way. The author believes that as long as adult students constitute a growing minority group on campuses, they need special visibility and concern. (Author)

Reprinted from the August 1896 edition of The Forum. (JB)

Considerable impetus for educational planning and development in Western Europe has sprung from such multinational organizations as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OEDC), the Council of Europe, and the European Community. In European Community,'' n 154 p22-23 Mar 1972, the European Community summarizes what it considers…

Author suggests that undergraduate colleges and universities should seriously consider the consequences before expanding the use of satisfactory- unsatisfactory grading systems. (Editor)

Industrially advanced societies increasingly encourage the skills of bureaucrats and technicians rather than the creative ones--because their universities admit students on the basis of intelligence-test scores and secondary school grades, two measures which have practically no correlation with real-life creativity." (Author/AL)

A comprehensive survey reveals which states have laws concerning admissions to public 2-year colleges and what these laws mean. (Editor)

Discusses a survey made to determine the weight of high school accreditation on college admission policies and procedures. Tables. (RB)

Presents interviews with several faculty concerning the effects of an open admissions policy to CCNY. (AL)