This regional 1998-2000 guide (one of four--Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and West) lists community colleges and technical, trade, and business schools in the Western United States. School listings are arranged alphabetically by state, and within each state, alphabetically by the school's name. At the end of each volume is a regional index…

This study examined the extent to which racial and ethnic preferences were used in the admissions policies of six North Carolina public universities ranging from the most to the least selective. Data were collected on applicants, admittees, rejectees, and enrollees regarding racial or ethnic group, SAT scores, and high school grade point averages.…

This study sought to determine which, if any, of the possible predictor variables based on relationships with college performance available at freshman entry would prove useful in selecting students for admission. A study of the relationships between four college performance variables and eight admission variables was conducted using seven…

Postsecondary Options (POS) or Dual Enrollment (DE) legislation has been enacted in 38 states to permit high school students to enroll simultaneously in high school and college courses. This study contributed to the policy discussion by exploring the parameters of policies on dual/concurrent enrollment in New Jersey and Ocean County College (a New…

This dissertation, written in April 2000, focuses on African American, Hispanic, and White community college students' attitudes toward affirmative action in college admissions. Specifically, the study examines the association between attitudes toward affirmative action in college admissions, student background characteristics, educational…

This retrospective picture of college students over the past 30 years reflects what has been written about students in "Change" magazine between 1969 and 1999. Using the analogy of a museum gallery, the student portraits are grouped into five eras; each of which dominated the literature for approximately 10 years. The Gallery of Student Protest,…

This paper discusses one of the arguments that has been advanced against the use of standardized college admissions tests: the notion that their use leads admissions officers to reject non-Asian minority students on the basis of small and insignificant differences in scores. In the aggregate, the disadvantage minority students face as a result of…

This regional 1998-2000 guide (one of four--Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and West) lists community colleges and technical, trade, and business schools in the Northeast United States. School listings are arranged alphabetically by state, and within each state, alphabetically by the school's name. At the end of the volume is a regional index…

This study focuses on one district that recently began offering high school students a choice between its traditional algebra sequence and a new, integrated sequence based on Core Plus texts. The students in this district have experienced problem-centered instruction throughout elementary and middle school. However, when 600 students and their…

In more than 90 percent of the American colleges the prevailing method of transfer from secondary school to college is by certification, based on the pupil's record in secondary school. In the large majority of cases a record of graduation from an accredited secondary school is required to every student admitted to college. When it is considered…

In recent years, conflicting reports have circulated about the number of colleges and universities that have made standardized tests optional, rather than required, for admission. The National Center for Fair and Open Testing, or FairTest, has widely publicized a list of 391 colleges and universities that, it claims, do not require admissions…

A narrative of the author's experiences as a participant observer of a senior high school class, focusing on his relationship with one student who applied to Yale and was accepted. (JM)

Panel discussion by Adine Simmons, University of Chicago, Wesley Martin, Jr., University of Wisconsin, and Robert L. Jackson, Oberlin College, focusing on use of minority college students in recruiting. Theory is that only a minority student, succeeding at a particular college, can fully relate to other minority students. Confidentiality is a…

This collection of excerpts on the subject of college admissions represents the ideas of panelists participating in the NACAC Annual Conference in San Francisco, 1971. (BY)

Panel discusses reasons for existence of junior (community) colleges, problems in staffing, financing, and curriculum development. Concern expressed that they are states'"dumping ground for all who do not get into state universities or colleges, and that they lack support and prestige. They do have potential for innovation because of flexibility.…