Recommends measures and criteria to be used by four-year colleges in admitting and advising different types of transfers from two-year colleges. Emphasizes the need for extensive information exchange between two- and four-year colleges so that assessment measures and criteria will be valid. (DC)

Deferments have been given in Australia to allow a student who has been granted admission to take a year off before enrolling in a course of study. Reasons for approved deferments are cited along with the distribution of students by department. (LBH)

It is possible to argue that higher education in the United States has evolved into a highly refined institutional-status hierarchy. Examines this hierarchy in both the private and public school systems with particular attention to the kinds of students attending these institutions. (Author/RK)

The Finnish process of student selection for postsecondary education, which operates through a two-track vocational education system, is discussed and data on the characteristics of students in those tracks are examined. (MSE)

The economic case for the deregulation of Australian universities, for reasons of efficiency and improved access, is presented and the economic and social implications of such a move are considered. Some discussion of the case against deregulation is also given. (MSE)

Before an institution can decide how to recruit minorities, it must know why it wants them. Racial balance as a valid goal and the question of number goals and quotas in minority recruitment are discussed. (MLW)

Offers a historical overview of ways of preparing high school students for college, including the Advanced Placement Examination, efforts to standardize college entrance requirements, the New York State Regents Exams, and the Upward Bound program. Assesses current trends and future directions with respect to relations between high schools and…

At a time when educators and businesses are alarmed by the poor preparation of students in the sciences, high achieving Asian Americans are being kept out of the most prestigious institutions. The success of Asian Americans in gaining access to higher education has led some institutions to limit their numbers. (MLW)

A discussion of the British higher education admission system describes the drawbacks of the process and the examination on which it relies, examines the implications for the higher education participation rate and social inequality, and argues that alternatives such as developmental courses can not be expected to produce significant change. (MSE)

Florida's mandate of open enrollment for the community colleges and maintenance of the state universities as a limited access system is examined from the perspectives of its origins, perpetuation, problems, and the need for articulation. (MSE)

The current difficulty in attracting working class students to expensive, private institutions is made even harder by the rapidly declining numbers of the working class population. Tuition costs, financial aid worries, and the growing competitive college admissions process affect recruitment efforts. (MLW)

College Board's national network of school-college collaborative projects to increase the number of high school students prepared to attend college is described: (1) College Board's role; (2) sample conferences on pertinent issues; (3) range of support activities provided by College Board; and (4) lessons learned about both local collaboratives…

The movement to enhance the freshman year experience by changing the way institutions treat, welcome, assimilate, support, and inform freshman students is discussed and illustrated. The potential importance of the movement to admissions officers and registrars is emphasized. (MSE)

Admissions officers are convinced that the Scholastic Aptitude Test offers at least a better clue than high school grades alone as to how well prospective students are likely to perform in their first year of college. Bias is seen as only one of many explanations for score differences among groups. (MLW)

Access, excellence, and equity can be combined, with the help of a revised-access model for community colleges that merges the desirable elements of competitive selection and open enrollment in an effort to protect democratic values while supporting quality and commitment. (MSE)