In order for the university to regain public confidence and survive as a vital force that makes decisions relevant to the problems of today and tomorrow, it has no alternative but to reexamine with commitment its purpose for being as well as to identify, clarify, and articulate its mission, goals, and objectives in order to chart its own course…

This discussion paper illustrates some of the implications of service functions through reference to the historical development of one group of professors of higher education organized within a center, apart from, yet in cooperation with a department of higher education--a group of professors that does provide specific service to the institution…

This essay offers background and explanatory information concerning a new approach to higher education--the upper division university and the Illinois Community College System. Emphasis is placed on Governors State University and Sangamon State University, two senior universities who offer an innovative and flexible approach to baccalaureate and…

This document consists of test questions used in three state high schools teaching the new Matriculation pure mathematics course (approximately grade 12). This material was circulated to all schools teaching this course as a teacher resource. The questions are arranged in 14 papers of varying structure and length. Most questions are of the essay…

Essays by experts concerned with teaching of English are contained in this book. The essays appear in one of the four parts into which the book is divided, as follows: Part One: Curriculum Sequence and Structure; Part Two: Problems in Planning and Curriculum Development; Part Three: Methods of Teaching; and Part Four: Research Issues and New…

A compilation is presented of recommendations of teachable literary works. (JH)

Describes several essay questions which are designed to test students' knowledge in journalism history course. (RB)

Hugo Munsterberg's "The Film: A Psychological Study" is one of the earliest essays in the area of film theory. Unfortunately, it has remained relatively unknown since its publication in 1916. The author discusses two concepts raised by Munsterberg: the contrast between films in the theatrical mode and films in the cinematic mode.…

Sought to discover to what extent perceived quality differences in freshman expository writing could be measured quantitatively in terms of choice or method of utilization of syntactic structures. (DD)

In pictures and essays, students describe community life in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky. (KS)

The essays of 480 children from 6 to 14 years of age were content analyzed along 21 dimensions of friendship expectation. Results supported an invariant-sequence interpretation for the 11 dimensions which increased significantly with age. (Author/JMB)

Offers seven steps for students to follow when writing an examination answer. (HOD)

Displays the essays and poetry of the first-place winners of the first Michigan Social Studies Olympiad, a competition for fourth through twelfth grade students which had as its theme the celebration of the bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution and Michigan's sesquicentennial. (JDH)

Argues that instructors need to think more systematically about how to prepare students to write good essay examinations. Demonstrates that higher levels of learning involving integration, synthesis, evaluation, and application are essential for this type of testing. Concludes that the significance of efficient writing skills is as important as…

This study examined the relationship between direct (essay) and indirect (objective) assessment of writing skills using 320 college students in remedial courses as subjects. Correlations and results of factor analysis are discussed. (MT)