This statement presents the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' position on higher education percentage plans. The One Florida Plan bans the consideration of race and gender in university admissions, guaranteeing state university admissions to high school seniors in the top 20 percent of their class, regardless of test scores. Texas' Ten Percent Plan…

This guide offers suggestions to postsecondary students with disabilities for successfully managing the transition from a two-year to a four-year college. Data are offered showing that fewer students with disabilities attend postsecondary institutions and, of those, fewer attend four-year institutions and eventually earn bachelors degrees. A…

This book describes the circumstances surrounding the decision by the University of Pennsylvania to increase its black student enrollment and the consequences of that decision in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. Following a Preface, Chronology of the African American Student Movement, 1967-1978 and an introduction, Dual Organization on the…

This paper presents the selective student recruitment and the admissions process implemented at the Department of Library and Information Science of Lund University, Sweden (BIVIL). The background is the profound changes in the library profession that have taken place during the past 10-15 years, with the development of information technology and…

This report presents results of the fall 1998 Non-Matriculant Survey, conducted every two to three years, to analyze the matriculation process and determine the factors associated with non-matriculation at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. Major findings include: (1) the College matriculation rate has leveled off at 57% since the mid-1990s;…

This paper examines the role played by the adoption of a stringent admissions policy in the rapid transition of a large, open-door, senior college located in a metropolitan area in the South into an institution with elitist aspirations. The discussion focuses on the impact admission policy had on institutional characteristics and its effect on the…

This monograph analyzes new competency-based college admissions strategies linked to school reform initiatives that focus on linking K-12 and postsecondary education systems. It is based on data collected as part of a national survey of state higher education agencies and site visits to Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin,…

This 10th edition of the University of Rhode Island Fact Book is part of a continuing effort to record and provide pertinent information about the university to its community. The Fact Book provides answers to frequently asked questions about the university and presents an historical perspective by including data that describe the university for…

This 11th edition of the University of Rhode Island Fact Book is part of a continuing effort to record and provide pertinent information about the university to its community. The Fact Book provides answers to frequently asked questions about the university and presents an historical perspective by including data that describe the university for…

This study explored the relationship between student diversity, campus climate, faculty composition, and research and teaching content. Data came from three primary sources: a 1992-93 survey of college and university faculty, which provided information on full-time faculty from 344 institutions; the Higher Education Governance Institutional Survey…

This book is designed to help demystify college for children ages 10 to 14 and to answer questions about college that children of this age may have. It also aims to motivate youngsters with varying backgrounds and experiences to take advantage of their opportunities. The book answers: (1) What is college? (2) Why should I think about college? (3)…

Medical school admissions committees are expected to select physicians with specific attributes such as intelligence, altruism, dutifulness, and compassion. Besides basing these attributes on the best professional judgment of the physicians and medical school faculty, there has been little quantitative research to determine the psychological…

This paper describes issues involved in increasing the number of Native American students in higher education, with a specific focus on psychology and rehabilitation training programs. The paper also describes many specific strategies for use by colleges and universities to recruit, retain, and graduate Native American students. Three sections…

The University of California Office of the President (UCOP) has been concerned about the disproportionately low rate of some racial/ethnic groups on campuses of the University of California (UC) and is committed to increasing the enrollment of traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic groups on UC campuses. To this end, course-taking …

In his role as area head of curriculum and instruction in a major university, the author reacts to some disturbing data that seem to indicate that far too many teachers are not certain about their previous career choices. Less than 50% of the respondents in a national study indicated that they would select teaching again with 8 of 10 of those…