Discusses the fact that American higher education is an elitist system based on hierarchical selective admissions. (MLH)

The survey summarized in this report dealt primarily with 2 questions about the fall 1971 entering freshman classes at colleges and universities in the U.S.: (1) How many additional freshmen could institutions have accommodated in the fall of 1971? and (2) How many black and other minority freshmen enrolled in the fall of 1971, and how do these…

The possibility of weighing disadvantagement in undergraduate and graduate admissions is addressed. The results of preliminary research suggest that objective measures of disadvantagement can be developed so as to increase minority students' chances of being selected. (Author/LBH)

Increasing the participation of minority groups at lower educational levels appears to offer substantially greater potential for eventually increasing the representation of minorities in graduate and professional schools than do changes in graduate and professional school admissions procedures. Data from a Cooperative Institutional Research…

The roles and options open in the continuing effort to increase minority participation in higher education and the professions are discussed. Actions of colleges and universities in admissions are addressed, along with the efforts of state and federal government programs, professional associations, and educational researchers. (Author/LBH)