Defining narrative transcripts as written reports of student attainment, the authors examine 7 varieties in use at postsecondary institutions. Considers the implications of such transcripts for learning, student-faculty relations, and institutional goals. (Editor/PG)

THIS DOCUMENT DESCRIBES THE RATIONALE OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRESS GRADING AND REPORTING SYSTEM, AND PRESENTS EXAMPLES OF THE PROPOSED REPORTING FOR A NONGRADED SYSTEM, BOTH INDIVIDUAL REPORT FORMS AND CUMULATIVE RECORD FORMS, WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THEM, ARE PRESENTED. (JH)

With the growing demand and the growing need for continuing education programs, there is an accompanying need for establishing, maintaining, transferring, and recognizing a uniform measurement of participation in noncredit continuing education. The proposal seeks to define the circumstances under which noncredit continuing education might lend…

The latest information on the continuing education unit (CEU) from the National Task Force assigned to its development is the 1970 interim report. There are two purposes of the CEU: to establish a unit to record the participation of individuals in continuing education to verify their educational experience and to provide uniform data and records.…

A cost-justified, computer-produced advising checklist was developed at Georgia's College of Business Administration to improve scheduling of required courses and provide feedback on student progress. Steps in the design of the checklist and a sample checklist are presented. (SW)

This report examines college enrollment of students working and/or attending public postsecondary institutions in Texas for the Austin Independent School District (AISD) for the 1997-1998 senior cohort. College enrollment percentages of former students are presented as one indicator of AISD's success in preparing students for the future. The…

Focuses on the development of a viable student data information control system within a university environment that divides student data into at least 3 categories: general information, academic information, and financial information. (Author/PG)

Academic advisors, it is suggested, should make available to advisees the maximum amount of accurate and relevant factual information bearing on academic matters. Students should then be encouraged to make rational academic decisions and accept full responsibility for them. (MLW)

Data from four states on vocational education outcomes are used to explore three themes: (1) the range of possible research findings is predetermined by the data collected; (2) frequency, duration, and detail of observation should be justified in terms of the decisions affected; and (3) more diagnostics should be undertaken to complement mandated…

The dimensionality of school marks in compulsory schools was examined using databases (BACE72 and BACE73) on 200,000 Swedes born in 1972 and 1973 who had received a school-leaving certificate. Marks for 17 subject areas were analyzed for multidimensionality, and gender differences in ranked abilities were noted. Factors affecting achievement were…

This article addresses the challenge of developing new conceptual knowledge to help us make better sense of the way that higher education is approaching the "problem" of representing (documenting, certifying and communicating by other means) students' learning for the super-complex world described by Barnett (2000b). The current UK…

This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of a ninth grade transition program at a suburban high school in Louisiana. Student data were analyzed from two groups of first time freshmen who indicated a need for help in mathematics: one without a transition program and one with a transition program. Academic data included standardized test…

This pamphlet summarizes the legal restraints that affect the right of colleges and universities to withhold transcripts as a means of collecting student debts under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States which provides for restraint on the actions of creditors. An introductory section notes that there are three kinds of relevant bankruptcies…