Arguments in favor of policies of preferential treatment for minority groups in higher education are subjected to philosophical analysis. (GW)

The changing concept of higher education is addressed, including the idea of "equalization incompatibilities." The question is raised whether in a mass system of higher education one would have to consider a dual admissions procedure to preserve the academic core system; i.e., graduate studies and research. (Editor/LBH)

Many, but not all, of the admissions selection criteria favored by U.S. colleges and universities unwittingly create incentives for educational dysfunctional behavior by secondary students, teachers and administrators, and by voters in school budget referenda. These include nerd harassment, peer cultures that denigrate achievement, various efforts…

The author analyzes some of the effects of government sponsored financial aid programs including pricing middle income students out of the college market. Presented before the 29th annual conference of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, Chicago, October 12, 1973. (RP)

Discusses activities undertaken in pharmacologist's laboratories and the prerequisites for admission to a degree study. Indicates that pharmacology is a new science but deals with drugs existing since the dawn of history. (CC)

Author claims that college admissions officers should deemphasize the need for a high school student taking all academic subjects in order to gain admission to college. (HS)

A Dutch art educator reports on observations about art education that he made while visiting many schools and teacher education centers throughout the United States. (Author/RK)

Falling enrollments in universities across the country led to a study to determine what admissions practices were being used. Unused techniques included a batch of gimmicks which could not be called unethical'' but which border on the art of salesmanship. (JC)

The high school and college admissions counselor is committed to assisting students to plan for post-secondary education. The welfare of the individual student is the most important consideration in this counseling relationship. This paper is a Statement of Principles of Good Practice for the National Association of College Admissions Counselors.…

Results of a national survey on collegiate use of class rank have been analyzed in terms of the chief characteristics that are associated with differences in a college's practice: 1) public or private support, 2) two- or four-year institutions, 3) size of enrollment, 4) section of country; tables and commentary explain the findings. (Editor)

Criticizes role of junior college as supplier of workers and technicians for American business-industrial complex. (RT)

From an address delivered at the MACRAO Annual Meeting in Port Huron, Michigan, November 9, 1970, on changes needed in education standards and recordkeeping. (IR)

The EAS though less time consuming is shown to cover major psychological constructs of the ATGSB, and to offer a measure of the perceptual speed factor that was hypothesized to be related to success in computer-oriented and other data-analysis requirements in graduate business a schools. (Author/ES)

Launched with $25 million of support and a "swinging" plan of educational innovation, the new experimental college on the Amherst campus begins its second year to mixed reviews. (Editor/IR)