Explores how toughened admissions policies have reshaped the City University of New York, attracting many new students but turning some immigrants away. (EV)

Increasing, high-achieving Black high school students are choosing Black colleges over traditionally more selective schools. Aggressive marketing and racist incidents at White colleges have contributed to this trend resulting in many Black institutions becoming more selective. Some educators worry they will abandon their traditional mission of…

A new business is using the Internet to sell compositions written by successful applicants to 60 competitive colleges and schools. Personnel of the service claim the essays are not to encourage plagiarism but to help disadvantaged or underprepared students compete. Admissions counselors disagree, and some are prepared to reject applicants…

To create an effective plan and marketing strategy, administrators, faculty members, trustees, alumni, and students need to be involved. Each group needs to understand that it must subordinate individual and departmental concerns to those of the college. (MLW)