Minimum competency testing, in which passing a uniform test is necessary (but not sufficient) for promotion or graduation, has been carried out in a number of colleges, including the City University of New York (CUNY). Competency programs usually have three basic components: placement testing, remedial instruction, and exit testing. Competency…

Annual reports from 47 states, the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces focus on problems, activities, and achievements, and other areas of interest concerning postsecondary education. Reports are not included from Hawaii, South Dakota, and Utah. (SW)

Action taken by the State of Maryland to regulate out-of-state higher education institutions and the status of such institutions for the academic year 1979-80 are examined. Twenty-three institutions previously approved to operate in Maryland received the revised regulations and an initial application to operate during the academic year 1979-80.…

Societal conditions and higher education in China are discussed based on a recent trip to the People's Republic of China, conversations with representatives from the Ministry of Education, and visits to Chungshan University in Kwangchow (Canton), Futan University in Shanghai, the University of Szechwan in Chengtu, and Chiaotung (Communications)…

Designed to acquaint parents with how modern languages are being taught in the schools today, this booklet discusses audiolingual aims and methods and explains the role of electronic equipment, visual aids, and modern textbooks in language instruction. A concluding section advises parents on how to encourage and guide their child's study of a…

Through teaching, research and public service programs, the College of Urban Development (CUD) is working toward solving the social problems resulting from rapid and haphazard growth of American cities. The Center for Urban Affairs (CUS) provided the starting place. In April 1972 an instructional program was authorized: the CUA staff became the…

A laboratory summer workshop in materials engineering for high school seniors is discussed. Held at North Carolina State University, the workshop is designed to enlighten university-bound, science-oriented high school students to materials science and engineering, and to construct communication links with high school faculty. The workshop…

A college-wide steering committee worked to develop this planning process. Twenty-five planning goals were developed in a workshop where students, faculty, administrators, trustees, alumni, and sponsor-liaison representatives fully participated. This document sets forth the future directions of the college by indicating the specific actions and…

Volume 2 of the final report of the ROTC/Army Career Commitment Model consists of copies of questionnaires, answer sheets, and codebooks related to the research study described in Volume 1. It contains copies of three Career Attitude Surveys (High School Student Questionnaire, College Student Questionnaire, and Army Officer Questionnaire); three…

When the learning assistence center's origins and development, beginning with the yen to be scientific and continuing to the rewards of combining technology with humanism, are considered in retrospect, they show the evolution and the revolutionary realignment of many very basic educational concepts. The historical irony of the learning assistance…

A wide variety of selected innovative or nontraditional programs in accredited two- and four-year American colleges and universities is described, using information derived from an extensive study covering over 2200 accredited institutions. Although the intent is to aid career preparation, the scope is broader than the title suggests. Chapters…

The central concern of this book is the effect of reading from the perspective of Holbook Jackson's reference to "the reader as artist". Part One, Literary Backgrounds, establishes the literary and psychological framework central to the book. The second part, Research Backgrounds, focuses on (1) investigating the reading process and specific…

This study was an exploratory attempt to relate educational growth in college with factors which the student brings with him into the college situation, as distinguished from relating educational growth to actual collegiate experiences. Educational growth was operationally defined as estimated true test-retest change on the American College…

The necessity to provide instruction in reading is widespread in community colleges, due primarily to the liberal enrollment policies these colleges generally have. The program at San Jose City College uses the Davis Reading Test and the Iowa Silent Reading Test as part of its entrance battery and assigns students to either regular or one of two…

The analysis of individual learning styles and the application of the results of the analyses to realistic learning situations are the basic goals of a Wisconsin college reading and study skills program. In the 1-year required program, beginning college students deficient in reading hear a series of lectures on effective study habits, reading…