The purpose of this investigation was to identify and examine some of the major forces and pressures affecting admissions policy decisions and to ascertain the role and impact of these forces and pressures as a component in the admissions policy formulation process. This study examined changes in the admissions policies that occurred from 1959 through 1980 at the Knoxville Campus of The University of Tennessee. An historical analysis was performed beginning with the policies in effect during 1980 and retrogressing to those in effect in 1959. / Literature was reviewed in the areas of policy sciences, education, and college admissions. An independent history was prepared on The University of Tennessee. / Selected findings of the study were: (1) A uniform, accepted definition of policy was not available from literature sources. Authors tended to define policy for their particular application. (2) Three major social forces were found that compelled the University of Tennessee to modify its admissions policies during the period of time covered in this study. One of these forces was an increase in the population of college age students. The second force was the increasing need for additional education beyond high school. A third major force was the need to increase equality of educational opportunity for those groups who had historically been denied unrestricted access to public higher education. (3) The increased pressures for college enrollment caused the University to formulate and implement a selective admissions policy during the early 1960s. (4) The financial difficulties of the early 1980s prompted the University to limit enrollments beginning Fall quarter 1981. This limitation was a drastic action designed to maintain quality education with limited resources. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, Section: A, page: 2425. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74520 |
| Contributors | SHERROD, JERRY KURTH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 210 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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