The ninth annual study of the application and enrollment patterns of university transfer students regarding the inter-campus mobility of students attending institutions under the program of the State University of New York is presented. Transfer students are defined in this study as those undergraduate students who were enrolled at a State…

The fifth report in an annual series designed to provide timely and reliable information on the condition of the independent sector of American higher education is presented. Information was gathered from a sample of 127 institutions representative of all independent, nonprofit, accredited institutions, except free-standing professional schools…

As a followup study, the academic performance of 120 black students who entered North Carolina State University as new freshmen in the fall of 1970, 1971, and 1972 was examined in order to determine whether the University Predicted Grade Average (UPGA) equation is biased for black students. Major findings are: (1) for both marginal black students…

National results for the College Board's Admissions Testing Program for 1979 high school seniors are compiled in this annual report. Scores for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the Test of Standard Written English (TSWE), and Achievement Tests are reported and analyzed, and data from the Student Descriptive Questionnaire (SDQ) is discussed.…

Selected papers and reports on discussions from a Conference of University Administrators are presented. Contents are as follows: "Performance Assessment and the Management of Universities for the 1990s"--extract from a paper by J. Sizer; "Opportunities to Assist the Career Development of Administrators in British…

The final report of the study group is the culmination of a three-year project to examine the similarities and differences in German and U.S. higher education access and admissions and the ways in which the two systems can learn from each other. The study consisted of a seminar, plenary meetings in both countries, and commissioned papers and…

Papers are presented that were prepared as part of a study group of the International Council for Educational Development on criteria and procedures for admission to higher education and the relationship between higher education and the law. In "Access to Higher Education and the Law," Larry G. Simon analyzes the role of law and especially the…

Information and advice in this guide focuses on the emotional, financial, and academic realities of women returning to school. Chapter One examines the opportunities available today, including such topics as special programs for returning women and the societal factors causing women to return to school. In Chapter Two the decision-making process…

A workshop held prior to the convention of the American College Personnel Association in Detroit, Michigan, in April, 1968, operated under the theme "College Personnel Services for the Adult: Student Assistance, Involvement, Development." Papers given in the six sessions covered testing, financial aid, adult characteristics, motives, needs, and…

This report summarizes and integrates the finding of research studies dealing with the military General Educational Development (GED) program. The major areas covered include (1) the field conduct of the GED program, (2) characteristics of GED program participants, (3) a comparison of the utility of the GED certificate with that of the high school…

Following a brief description of primary and secondary education in Sweden, the aims and contents of the reform of higher education implemented in July 1977 are summarized. Basic higher studies (undergraduate courses), organized partly as education programs and partly as single course, are described, including admission requirements and the…

An analysis is presented of the "Bakke" decision and the several opinions of the Supreme Court Justices. The principal issue presented by the case is whether a higher education institution using a selective admission program may adjust that program by giving explicit preference to qualified members of identified racial or ethnic groups…

This paper traces the history of the College Entrance Examination Board from its beginnings through its operations in 1966. Using materials drawn from various published and unpublished sources both of the Board and of the Educational Testing Service, summary accounts of objectives, formats, manner of administration, scoring, and critical…

The goal of the "A Better Chance" (ABC) program was to have talented students who would otherwise be frustrated by poverty, attend competitive secondary schools, colleges, and graduate schools and attain positions of leadership. The research project examined the attitudes of ABC students in the areas of aspirations, fate-control (the degree to…

A national survey of minority student admissions at large, primarily white universities was conducted for the fourth consecutive year. The report summarizes the data collected, compares them to those of the previous year, and examines minority group enrollment, admission criteria, and special programs for minority students. Results are discussed…