TY - BOOK TI - Selective admissions in higher education: public policy and academic policy : the pursuit of fairness in admissions to higher education : the status SN - 875893619 AV - LB 2301 .C289 1977 PY - 1977/// CY - San Francisco, California PB - Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers KW - COLLEGE ADMISSION N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The Points at Issue -- 2. The Central Role of Values in Pursuing Fairness in Admissions -- 3. Institutions and Individuals in the Admissions Process -- 4. Arguments for Consideration of Race in Admissions Policies -- 5. Educational Due Process in Admissions -- 6. A Two-Stage Model of the Admissions Process -- 7. Special Programs -- 8. Decision Strategies -- 9. Summary and Conclusions N2 - Admissions policy for selective schools has long been a concern within higher education. Recently, it has become an issue for public policy as well at the legislative, the administrative, and the judicial levels. Policy and procedures in this area are now (fall 1977) before the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of The Regents of the University of California v. Allan Bakke. The Carnegie Council and the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education before it had been continuously interested in this issue and related matters.' It is out of this background of concern by the Commission and the Council that the Carnegie Council approaches the current issue ER -