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Raywid, Mary Anne – Educational Policy, 1992
Examining the contemporary school choice debate yields arguments that are education, economics, governance, and policy driven. To "break the exclusive franchise," school districts are increasingly sponsoring school operation and education services supplied by multiple sources, and states are discussing sponsorship of schools by entities…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance

Tinberg, Howard – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1999
Presents an interview with Ira Shor, who reflects on the state of the community college since the 1960s, the open admissions experiment at the City University of New York, and the remediation wars that have recently heated up in New York and elsewhere. (SC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English Instruction, Interviews, Open Enrollment
Mayer, Anysia P. – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2008
Students of color are consistently underrepresented in honors and gifted programs nationwide, and even high-achieving students share many of the risk factors with their low-achieving peers. The study presented in this paper employed mixed methods to investigate the relationship between the design of a rigorous college preparatory program, the…
Descriptors: African American Students, Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
Jonsberg, Sara Dalmas – 1993
Poststructural theory grapples with the hiddenness and complexity of oppression by questioning Western understandings of the self as a unitary, self-created, autonomous, essentialist entity. Feminist psychologists have shown that autonomy as a measure of maturity implies that women will never "grow up" because women's lives tend to be…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Discourse Communities, Higher Education, Open Enrollment
Piesco, Judith; And Others – 1974
This review summarizes the literature concerning evaluations of the Open Admissions Policy at CUNY from September 1970, when it was initially implemented, to Aguust 1974. The summaries are categorized under six headings: (1) research reports, containing data on the impact of the open admissions policy on students; (2) research reports, containing…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Evaluation, Higher Education
Rosen, David; And Others – 1973
Essays on access to the State higher education systems of Nebraska and California and an extensive case study of the open admissions program at the City University of New York are presented. The document indicates the right to a free higher education of a student's choice, criticizes the institutions that allegedly provide open admissions, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Educational Opportunities, Educational Programs
Eurich, Nell; Schwenkmeyer, Barry – 1971
Great Britain's Open University, through a unique blend of television, radio, correspondence courses, and local study centers, proposes to offer any adult seeking higher education the chance to earn a degree equal in quality to those from the best British universities, and at a cost to the nation and the student far below standard forms of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Reback, Randall – 2002
This study identified the capitalization effects of public school choice programs, using data on an inter-district, open enrollment program in Minnesota. The study examined changes in property tax bases in Minnesota as a result of the shift from local monopolies of public schooling to open enrollment. It investigated the effect of transferring…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Open Enrollment, Public Schools
Connell, James – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1974
Article considered the strain of open admission policy upon the educational budget and the reaction to educational reform in the universities. (RK)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Critical Thinking, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Gross, Theodore – ADE Bulletin, 1973
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Practices, English Departments, Higher Education
Read, Gerald H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
Discusses the British experiment with use of multimedia for instruction. (JF)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Opportunities, Educational Television, Higher Education

Black, Donald B. – Journal of Educational Thought, 1972
Author examines the changing philosophies of admission to post-secondary institutions within the context of open-door policies. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: College Admission, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Enrollment
Dirr, Peter – Educational Television, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Study, Educational Television, Open Enrollment
Huther, John W. – College Board Review, 1972
A comprehensive survey reveals which states have laws concerning admissions to public 2-year colleges and what these laws mean. (Editor)
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Educational Opportunities, Higher Education
Driscoll, William J. – School and Society, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Higher Education, Independent Study