Describes the pitfalls inherent in removing all barriers to postsecondary education at the community college level. (PG)

Investigates effects on universities of two factors: (1) the degree to which "open" or "restricted" entrance requirements affect the composition of the student body; and (2) the degree to which a "professional" or "collegial" self-image is prevalent among the faculty and staff. (Author/PG)

Major issues that emerged in the interplay of higher education and society in the 1960s and are relevant today are considered in a newsletter article. It is noted that the social movements of the 1960s that began on the campus continue to fundamentally change society, and these changes will also force higher education to play a different role in…

Describes a technique for teaching creative writing to students attending an open admissions college. (RB)

Discusses the problems associated with teaching developmental reading in a four-year college with an open enrollment policy and suggests a method to get the students interested. (RB)

THE MORRISTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, GRADES K-8, AND A SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL. THERE WERE NO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LAFAYETTE, HAD 95 PERCENT NEGRO POPULATION, AND THE OTHER THREE HAD FEWER THAN 10 PERCENT NEGROES EACH. THE EDUCATION AT LAFAYETTE SCHOOL WAS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS INFERIOR TO THE OTHER…

The suggestions in this paper offer some alternatives to the traditional perfunctory "remedial" programs that open the doors to hundreds of students and then fail to followup on the students' progress. General objectives of a basic skills program for open-admissions inner-city students should include the following: (1) To help each student…

The Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York (CUNY) presents in this document a critique of the open admissions policy at CUNY. If open admissions students were given a reasonable opportunity for collegiate success, then retention rates would lose much of their significance in evaluating the programs at the CUNY. But…

The public community junior college is the one institution of higher education that purports to serve all of the people all of the time. Characterized by an open admission policy, these colleges accept all students who can profit from an educational experience. Community colleges are attempting to provide creative ways of humanizing the…

The papers in this volume, except for the last one, were delivered at the March 1970 National Conference of the American Association for Higher Education held in Chicago. Part I deals with "who should decide who goes to college," and contains a paper by Wayne Morse who concludes that it is the people who should make the decision, since it's for…

This paper summarizes the features of the City University of New York's (CUNY) open admissions plan and briefly describes its accompanying research component. Its major features are: (1) a system of 4 and 2 year colleges, with students eligible for the 4-year institutions if their high school average is 80 or better or if they rank in the top half…

This report examines the attitudes of 1,100 City University of New York (CUNY) freshmen, both Open Admissions (OA) and regular students, towards OA. For the purpose of this study OA freshmen in the senior colleges were those with high school averages below 80; OA freshmen in the transfer program of community colleges were those with averages below…

The Council for Basic Education sponsored an all-day symposium on open admissions in 1971. This booklet contains the full text of the addresses given on that occasion, as well as the major part of the discussion among the panelists and answers to questions from the audience. The aim of the symposium was not only to provide information about…

This study researched the impact of special admissions programs on general admission policies in 5 San Francisco Bay area colleges and universities during a period of 5 years ending June 1971. The study was conducted to determine more specifically: (1) what general admissions policies were waived for special admissions students; (2) what was the…