Barriers to Higher Education [electronic resource]
This report includes the papers presented at the Colluquium and the responses to these papers. The papers dealt primarily with the most critical and urgent problems involved in equalizing opportunity for the minority/poverty groups in the United States and include: "Educational Opportunity and...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This report includes the papers presented at the Colluquium and the responses to these papers. The papers dealt primarily with the most critical and urgent problems involved in equalizing opportunity for the minority/poverty groups in the United States and include: "Educational Opportunity and the Organization of Higher Education," by Warren W. Willingham; "Uses and Abuses of Scholastic Aptitude and Achievement Tests," by Alden Thresher; a response to the Thresher paper by Alexander W. Astin; "Open Admissions: Status, Trends, and Implications," by Timothy S. Healy; a response to the Healy paper by John D. Millet; "Predicting College Success of Educationally Disadvantaged Students," by Julian S. Stanley; a response to the Stanley paper by Kenneth B. Clark; "Personal and Institutional Assessment: Alternatives to Tests of Scholastic Aptitude and Achievement in the Admissions Process," by Winton H. Manning; a response to the Manning paper by High W. Lane; "Programs and Practices for Minority Group Youth in Higher Education," by Edmund W. Gordon; a response to the Gordon paper by Helen S. Astin; and "Lack of Money: A Barrier to Higher Education," by Humphrey Doermann. A list of participants concludes the report. (AF) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED050694. Availability: Publications Order Office, College Entrance Examination Board, Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 ($3.50). ERIC Note: A College Entrance Examination Board Colloquium, held at Wingspread, Racine, Wisconsin, June 24-25, 1970. Educational level discussed: Higher Education. |
| Physical Description: | 159 p. |