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…

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)

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

Discusses the British experiment with use of multimedia for instruction. (JF)

Author examines the changing philosophies of admission to post-secondary institutions within the context of open-door policies. (Author/MM)

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