The nontraditional degree program at the University of Minnesota is located in a traditional setting, but the participants are exempted from many of the standard graduation criteria such as fulfillment of language and distribution requirements. Students' academic success is outlined along with the results of the study (evaluated by using…

This study was conducted to survey and develop a number of tools to help identify strengths and weaknesses of the majors and program in political science at Knox College. The data used were cumulative average in political science, graduate record examination (seniors only), SAT's (Verbal and Mathematical), options open scenarios 1 and 2, grade in…

Describes a computerized student records system developed by the Boston University School of Education that produces seven different reports for use by students, advisors, and administrators. Reports include student records worksheets, student contracts, alphabetical listings of students, department breakdown reports, course projection reports,…

Argues for the usefulness of the cumulative student record as a planning source providing a wide range of data on students and discusses the problems of collecting such data, including the problems related to recent legislation in the human rights field and to changes in education acts and regulations. (Author/IRT)

There have been problems and delays in the implementation of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 reforming student records procedures. As a response to these problems, the National Committee for Citizens in Education, the National Urban League, and the National Council of Jewish Women developed a questionnaire for parents…

This article discusses the inadequacy of the accepted systems of grading students and proposes the use of student evaluation profiles as a more efficient means of evaluating achievement. (DMT)

New legislation gives parents the right to examine the school health records of their children. A new standard form for problem health questions relieves the school authorities of possible conflict with parents by careful wording of the problem under formal listings of subjective observation, objective observation, assessment of problem, and plan…

Individual privacy, suggests a Swedish judge, must be protected by restricting the kinds of personal data collected and the uses to which it will be put, and by preventing erroneous information to be used. An issue is whether personal data in education files can be used in conjunction with data in other files. (Author/LBH)

It's been federal law since November 1974 yet many school administrators are not aware of its requirements, and most parents do not know their rights under its provisions. (Editor)

An editorial and condensed account of hearings and recommendations of the U.S. House of Representatives concerning "diploma mills" and mail-order degrees and credentials is given. (MSE)

The potential that exists for expanding services and automating routine procedures via the microcomputer has been greatly increased by the advances in database managers. A database manager is described as a collection of programs that perform many data manipulation functions that would have required elaborate programming work in the past. (MLW)

The investigation examined changes that took place in aptitude and achievement discrepancies of 293 learning disabled subjects by means of retrospective examination of school records and application of a T-score discrepancy formula. Four subgroups with different patterns of aptitude-achievement discrepancy were identified. (DB)

Describes an assistant principal's successful effort to computerize scheduling and grade reporting in his school. Outlines some of the problems experienced during the transition and the rewards that have resulted. (MD)

Seven basic types or styles of profile reports are described in detail. Various attributes of profiles are presented, which are common to many extant profiles. Three sets of warnings are offered about the nature, content, and limitations of profiles in general. (LMO)

Notes the proliferation of various pupil profiling schemes as a means of providing additional information about students' knowledge, skills, and personality. Examines the assumptions underlying their use, focusing on the affective curriculum as the impetus for their development. (JDH)