The rate of growth in higher education enrollment has slowed in the 1970's, largely because the percentage of the population aged 18 to 22 is receding from the unprecedented high levels of the 1960's. Other reasons revolve around the changing social and economic aspirations of students and how they are served or not served by the program offerings…

University admissions policies have been subject to scrutiny and change over the last several years and have reflected, in turn, the point of view of the institution, society, and the student. This research report discusses the period of the sixties when the poles of merit versus equal opportunity shaped the admissions debate along with questions…

For the future, college and university administrators face the problem of maintaining a satisfactory enrollment level. They recognize that reducing attrition may be a useful approach to their enrollment problems, but remedies for attrition are not readily developed. There is a consensus that campus administrators can use the available research to…