A total of 27,320 transfer students were enrolled in the fall of 1975 at institutions in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. This represents a 3% increase over fall of 1974 for the same institutions. Of these transfer students, 64.6% were enrolled in senior institutions and 34.5% in two-year colleges, a distribution similar to those of…

The legal and social rationale utilized for the exclusion of women from the profession is examined in this historical review. Contemporary discrimination is also noted. (LBH)

Reviews the historical arguments for the abolition of freshman college composition courses, analyzes the assumptions that undergird them, and assesses their influence. Concludes that the fundamental ideological conflicts must be faced if the teaching of writing is to take a full place in university English departments. (SD)

A process was developed to intensively and intrusively counsel students who were readmitted to the College of Charleston with academic deficiencies. The process included counseling to assess the students' attitudes toward returning followed by a contract to be signed by the students. (MLW)

There is a lack of admissions literature about the "people serving people" concept. Although there is much information about marketing and recruitment, there is little about student satisfaction or using an institution's people in creative ways. (MLW)

The Holmes and Carnegie reports offer policy recommendations concerning the education and recruitment of Black teachers. As the student population becomes more nonwhite, the processes of teaching, testing, and certifying minority group teachers must become free of bias. Scholarships and pay raises will attract more minorities to the profession.…

A study of 400 University of Laval adult applicants under its new admission policy suggest that while student age and experience appear to be important factors in gaining admission, they are enhanced by the closeness of the experience to academic or cognitive learning combined with a high school diploma and grades above 65%. (MSE)

The relationship between Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores and Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores of black students who had participated in a summer program for minority students interested in health careers held at the Medical College of Georgia was studied. (Author/MLW)

Application materials (catalogs, application forms, financial aid information, supplemental and decision-making information) from 64 library schools were analyzed to determine kinds of information they provide for prospective students. Fewer than half of schools contacted provided students with sufficient information (as defined by author) to make…

A university director of admissions's visit to high schools for military dependents in West Germany is described. The trip was made to encourage college application among dependent students and to assist them in receiving further information from the colleges of their choice. (MSE)

The trend toward controlling higher education by restricting enrollments is examined in light of recent Rumanian experience, and is suggested as the most effective means of confronting economic constraints and manpower planning needs, and avoiding both excesses and shortages of trained specialists. (MSE)

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)

A major policy planning effort sponsored by the Law School Admission Council was an invitational conference in November 1983 resulting in much discussion of current law school admissions policies. However, there is still a need for evaluation of admissions policy at many individual schools. (MSE)

Should law schools decide to consider other than traditional academic student characteristics as admission criteria, the Law School Admission Council should undertake an extensive research program to design new instruments measuring a broad and perhaps more relevant range of applicant characteristics and skills. (MSE)

Institutions need to identify new ways to facilitate the return and adaption of students to higher education and its environment. The purpose of this article is to propose the Student Reentry Center as a timely and feasible plan to assist and encourage students in their reenrollment for academic study. (Author/NG)