Undergraduate admissions policies and practices at 1,463 institutions were surveyed. The investigation dealt with many aspects of admission, including policy-making authority, application procedures, accessibility and selectivity, student credentials, recruitment, and marketing, guidance and course placement, and differential treatment of various applicant groups. Respondents were asked to provide the requested information in relation to first-time undergraduate candidates who have been educated in the American secondary school tradition, excluding applicants from foreign schools and transfer applicants from other colleges. Public institutions with different policies and practices for in-state (or in-district) and out-of-state (or out-of-district) applicants were asked to describe their policies and practices for the admission of in-state (or in-district) applicants. Respondents also indicated their observations of changing roles, standards, and procedures regarding admissions from 1970 to 1978 and anticipations of change by the mid-1980s. A table summarizing college admissions policies and practices, and a sample questionnaire are included. (SW)