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ERIC Number: EJ497123
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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The Importance of City College to Black America.
Traub, James
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n5 p56-60 Fall 1994
Discusses the impact of the City University of New York's open-admissions policy and its effect on academic quality. It examines the school's changing student demographics over the years and incoming-student quality. It raises the issue of lowering academic standards to meet the educational level of the changing student population. (GLR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Black Education, Black Students, College Admission, Degree Requirements, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups, History, Minority Groups, Open Enrollment, Racial Attitudes, Racial Identification, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - General; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: City University of New York