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Download full textLavin, David E. – 1976
Presented are detailed descriptions of the college open admissions program at the City University of New York. Descriptions provide the first systematic presentation of how a major institution of higher education tried to deal with a shift from a selective to a free-access admissions policy. The data presented is a basis for assessment of the…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Equal Education, Higher Education, Open Enrollment
Peer reviewedFoster, Barbara – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1976
The Hunter College Midtown Library was designed to aid and give active guidance to students who lacked library proficiency. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Services
Peer reviewedDanzig, Martin E. – Community College Review, 1976
Asking "Who should be allowed to attend college?," the author discusses several philosophical issues associated with open admissions. Egalitarianism vis-a-vis meritocracy is considered, in relation to the realities of the current and projected employment market for college graduates. Effects on open admissions on the value of a higher education…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Equal Education
Peer reviewedHealy, Timothy S. – Change, 1973
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Admission, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education
Peer reviewedAstin, Alexander W.; Rossmann, Jack E. – Change, 1973
Descriptors: Admission (School), College Admission, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education
Issacs, Charles – Edcentric, 1973
The author contends that the City University of New York's open admissions'' program does not represent fundamental change. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Opportunities, Experimental Programs
Salins, Peter D.; Blank, Blanche D. – AAUP Bulletin, 1973
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSnyder, Douglas S. – Journal of Higher Education, 1972
Describes methods of retaining potential dropouts at private, selective-admissions colleges and public, open-admissions colleges. (HS)
Descriptors: College Students, Competitive Selection, Dropout Prevention, Open Enrollment
Ireland, Bernard P. – College Board Review, 1972
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Educational Opportunities
Peer reviewedEgerton, John – Change, 1973
By a volunteer effort Harlem's Malcolm-King College has brought higher education to the ghetto. (Editor)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Disadvantaged, Educational Innovation, Higher Education
Wedemeyer, Charles A.; Ghatala, M. Habeeb – Audiovisual Instruction, 1972
Briefly describes a proposal to create a statewide educational system open to all state residents regardless of educational background, residence or age. (AK)
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Equal Education, Experimental Schools, Open Enrollment
Calitri, Charles J. – Rec, 1970
Approval is given to the idea that each individual should be allowed to attend college, regardless of his background, and to learn at college how to find himself. (CK)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Programs, Higher Education, Minority Groups
Peer reviewedHarrison, Benjamin T.; Rayburn, Wendall G. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1979
When colleges and universities provide academic assistance, adequate counseling, and ample financial aid, open admissions students overcome initial academic deficiencies and successfully progress towards graduation. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedHartman, Joan E. – English Education, 1979
Describes techniques for motivating "new students," many of whom are economically, socially, and academically disadvantaged, and for improving their literacy skills.
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, English Instruction, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
Peer reviewedBastian, Ann – Educational Leadership, 1989
Claims that Joe Nathan's article in the same "Educational Leadership" issue stresses positive school choice examples while ignoring the problems of replacing neighborhood schools with a system of unzoned, competitive enrollments. Raises concerns of equity, school improvement, parent involvement, teacher empowerment, school assessment, funding, and…
Descriptors: Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Open Enrollment
