ABSTRACT
Thomas Hunter offers noncredit adult education courses of general interest to the community through its Center for Lifelong Learning. The U.S.S. Hunter became a familiar name throughout the country, but the college was destined for world renown. Hunter’s reaction to the new set of problems introduced by the adoption of the Open Admissions policy by the Board of Higher Education was based on the recommendations of its Faculty Committee on Open Admissions, appointed to propose ways in which to prepare for the new program. The committee developed what seemed to them a reasonable approach to dealing with poorly prepared students while preserving the essence of Hunter’s academic program. Students were allocated to Hunter by the City University of New York Office of Admissions Services, a central admissions office established to service the entire university. Any student with no prior college work submitted a single application to the office, indicating his or her first six choices of colleges.
