The series of five extensive oversight hearings specifically focused on Johnson O'Malley funds; education functions; the bill's formula for distribution of education funds; the new education personnel system; the development of regulations relative to academic and living standards for Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools; the administration of…

An overview is presented of the New Jersey Department of Education's activities in response to the following mandates: (1) statewide minimum standards be established for communication/computation skills; (2) students be tested annually in these areas to determine progress; and (3) remediation be provided to all students whose performance is below…

Studies concerning attributes of quality in higher education as defined in academic studies are reviewed. Separate reviews are presented for studies of quality at the graduate level, in professional programs, and at the undergraduate level. Academe's continuing attempts to quantify "quality" so as to measure it empirically rather than subjectively…

California Assembly Bill 3408 requires school districts to adopt their own standards in basic skills, including reading comprehension, writing, and computation. Students must be tested at least once in grades 7-9 and twice in grades 10-11. After June, 1980, students who do not meet standards will not receive a high school diploma. Assembly Bill…

This research compared the cut-off scores estimated from an empirical procedure (Contrasting group method) to those determined from a more theoretical process (Nedelsky method). A methodological and statistical framework was also provided for analysis of the data to obtain the most appropriate standard using the empirical procedure. Data were…

In a speech on minimum competency testing, the author discusses four issues which are still unresolved. The first is the need to recognize the political overtones which gave impetus to the competency movement as a reaction against the perceived failures of the schools and teacher education institutions, rather than as a concern for student…

The charge that minimum competency testing provides diagnosis without treatment is refuted. The movement has made no attempt to dictate course content or teaching methods; it leaves treatment decisions to individual teachers. Treatment can be defined only in relation to a problem. The problem, as minimum competency advocates implicitly define it,…

Part I of this document discusses the political controversies in which Harvard University has been embroiled, exploring past and present sources of conflict among the various estates of the university--that is, students, faculty, administrators, and governing boards--as well as the tensions between the university and external authorities.…

West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The 1974-75 faculty handbook details (1) the administration including the college officers, the division and department chairpersons, the college governance, and administrative charts; (2) the faculty, its constitution and various committees; (3) the…

Oregon College of Education is a part of Oregon State System and, as such, the 1975 faculty handbook supplements the state system's Administrative Rules. The handbook contains information regarding the college, its administration and mission and role; academic procedures; personnel policies and practices including evaluation, faculty meetings,…

The University of Montana functions as part of a state-wide educational system. Its faculty handbook governs over 400 faculty members and, as such, deals with the university's organization and administration. The handbook discusses the faculty role including the faculty senate and various committees, recruitment, appointments, tenure, dismissal,…

LeMoyne College's 1972 faculty handbook first defines the teaching faculty (those with either full faculty status or adjunct faculty status) and then presents the policies and procedures with regard to academic rank, faculty responsibilities, promotion and tenure, regulations on academic freedom and tenure, faculty employment conditions and…

The capacity of the North Central Association Commission on Secondary Schools self-study and team-visit program to effect change in member secondary schools was studied. Change is defined as the rate of implementation of recommendations. As many relevant variables as possible were identified and their interrelationship was investigated. A systems…

The black atypical student, defined as that black student who would be excluded from most colleges and universities in America by traditional admission policy, is beginning to find entrance into institutions of higher education. There is no indication reported of these institutions admitting large numbers of black atypical students. In the…

This study is designed to compare the school normative climate of white and black urban elementary schools relatively matched on socioeconomic status (SES) and achievement. With this design the researcher sought to: (1) find if there are differences in normative climate between white and black schools; and (2) generate further tentative insight…