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"Admission to One. . . Admission to All": The (End of the) Radical Dream of Open Admissions in the Post-Desegregation South
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Annie S. Mendenhall – Journal of Basic Writing, 2023
This essay describes Open Admissions in the South during postsecondary desegregation, providing a comparative analysis of policies and debates in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Georgia. Statewide Open Admissions policies emerged in the 1960s as part of superficial efforts to comply with desegregation but were ineffective; consequently, they were…
Descriptors: Open Enrollment, Postsecondary Education, School Desegregation, Educational History
From Open Enrollment to Controlled Choice: How Choice-Based Assignment Replaced the Neighborhood School in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Moss, Hilary J. – History of Education Quarterly, 2019
In 1981, Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the first school district in America to replace its neighborhood schools with a "controlled choice" assignment plan, which considered parental preference and racial balance. This article considers the history preceding this decision to explore how and why some Americans became enamored with…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational History, Neighborhood Schools, Parent Role
A Memorandum: To The Director of Admissions From The Dean
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Carine, Edwin T., Jr. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1977
Reviews college admissions policies as they may be affected by court decisions. Deals specifically with Bakke v. Regents of the University of California, Hupart v. Board of Higher Education of the City of New York, Griggs v. Duke Power Co., the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Washington v. Davis. (RT)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Community Colleges