In 1970 the City University of New York (CUNY) initiated an open admissions policy that
aimed to create an unusually high level of educational opportunity, especially for low …

The open-admissions policy initiated at the multicampus system of the City University of New
York (CUNY) in 1970 has been one of the nation's most ambitious attempts to promote …

In a now-famous speech on open admissions delivered in the spring of 1970 in Des Moines,
Spiro Agnew raised the specter of" bargain basement diplomas" and predicted that the City …

Much of the controversy about open admissions and special programs for disadvantaged
students has been unproductive, because the adversaries have tended to talk past each …

The College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) Program, which allows students to take
college-level courses while in high school, enjoyed tremendous growth in the 1990s …

Taking on the cherished principle that community colleges should be open to all students
with a high school education, Scherer and Anson argue that open access policies and …

Consistent with the American tradition of educational opportunity for all, legislation in most
states has established an open-door admissions policy for community junior colleges. As a …

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system—its colleges and universities—house the nation's most highly most advanced …

We show that the vast majority of very high-achieving students who are low-income do not
apply to any selective college or university. This is despite the fact that selective institutions …

Since 1980, the gap in college participation rates between low-income and high-income
students and between minorities and whites has widened substantially, creating new …