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Report on utilization of 5% admissions policy 1982-83 and 1983-84

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  • Higher education has been used by generations of people in the United States as a vehicle for alleviating social and economic problems. The history of the land-grant college movement, the black colleges, and the vast federal programs of student financial aid are testament to this historic objective. However, history also shows that higher education has not been equally accessible to everyone with potential and desire to benefit from it. A number of recent reports about the purpose and quality or lack thereof of higher education suggest that the doors to higher education have been opened too wide, and recommend limiting access to persons of demonstrated academic success. Persons supporting that position would argue that by directing some of our resources to meeting the educational needs of minority and educationally deficient students we have weakened our colleges and universities. One only need to look to the ideals upon which this nation was founded to find answers. This is a nation founded on the idea that the citizenry has the right to develop their Individual capabilities. To help in the process, a system of public education was developed as an instrument to help all who desired to develop their capabilities to fullest potential. Horace Mann said education was “…. beyond all other devices of human origin …. the great equalizer of the conditions of man ….” This quotation ls very appropriate in contemporary discussions about the purpose of and access to higher education. In Mann's day, the purpose of and access to higher education was well-defined and commonly accepted, but that is not always the case today. The Oregon Board of Higher Education has continued to express its commitment and support for both access and excellence in programs of higher education. This commitment is found in the Board's admissions policies beginning with open admissions to all high school graduates during the early years of the System, the adoption of modestly selective admissions differentiated by institution in 1958, and, as these requirements were raised, implementation in . 1968 of a policy permitting admission of students with potential for success who did not meet the formal admissions requirements. This policy is now known as the 5% admissions policy. This is a report on utilization of the 5% admissions policy during the years 1982-83 and 1983-84, and the students it serves. The report is organized as shown on the following page.
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