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Silber, John R. – Journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 1980
Administrators must remember that they are in the business of selling higher education and must pay special attention to marketing ethics. High standards must be maintained to preserve the integrity of education to those who truly want to pursue it. (JAC)
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Curriculum Development, Educational Principles
Pucel, David – 1980
With the recent increase in the number of students wishing to enter vocational programs and the increased pressure on accountability and efficiency, vocational educators need to reexamine their policies regarding the selection and admission of students. Several considerations that complicate these decisions are (1) open-door policies that exist in…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Disabilities
Pitter, Gita Wijesinghe; LeMon, R. E. – 1991
This paper explores and analyzes the increase in limited access programs at institutions in the Florida state higher education system and the conflict this increase poses to commitments to increased educational opportunity. An introductory section poses the problem by describing the rise of limited access programs due to increasing enrollments,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Community Colleges
Onushkin, V.; Zubkov, V. – 1982
This report details the history of making higher education available to young workers and peasants in the USSR since the October Revolution of 1917. The paper is organized into six sections. The first section introduces the paper and outlines the educational system in the Soviet Union, especially the types of higher educational institutions. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Educational History
McCurdy, Jack – 1985
There are parents and students who are to be won or lost depending on which sector--public or private--answers their calls for programs to match their learning styles and desire for rigor, vitality, and variety. This report examines where choice has evolved from, what it offers parents and students, and how its disappearance could affect this…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Catholic Schools, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Sjogren, Cliff – 1982
In this review of college admission practices, four areas are analyzed: (1) changing patterns of admission standards and practices and factors that have influenced those changes during the past 25 years; (2) importance assigned to high school achievement, test scores, and other criteria in arriving at admission decisions; (3) influence of college…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations
Roper, Dwight – 1978
As the decision in the Bakke case drew near, Chicanos addressed the question of what they and higher education could do to insure increased minority admissions into graduate and professional schools. Commonly suggested proposals of changing formal admissions criteria and direct intervention by the law and government often cause more problems than…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission