In this analysis we seek to shed light on the extent to which credit constraints may affect individuals' choices to stay in full-time education past the age of 16 and to complete higher education (HE) qualifications in the United Kingdom, and on how this has varied between individuals born in 1958 and in 1970. The observed correlation between…

This document raises several discussion topics concerning low-income high school students in relation to Pell grants and Advanced Placement (AP) classes. It points out that bright, low-income high school students can perform college-level work either by taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes or by attending classes at a local college. AP classes…

For over a half-century, discussions of educational barriers have figured prominently on the national agenda. In the 1940's, under the leadership of President Harry Truman, the Commission on Higher Education articulated the nation's commitment to "eliminate the barriers of equality of educational opportunity." Nearly two decades later,…

Outlines the nature of Advanced Placement (AP) programs in science, and their value in the high school curriculum. Discusses the structure of AP examinations, the major considerations in establishing an AP program, and the advantages intrinsic in such a program. (JR)

Discusses the problems of students who wish to transfer from a two year college to a four year college and want to receive credit for their junior college education. (RK)

The President of the College Entrance Examination Board tells how its new commissions are searching for alternative, noninstitutional routes to learning. (Editor)

The Chancellor of the California State Colleges calls for such innovations as achievement-based degrees, greater flexibility in terms of length of courses and requirements, student responsibility for independent study, and credit for work and life experience. (JM)

Reviews the literature in volunteering as it relates to a university credit course for students volunteering in human services agencies. Discusses the development of the program, along with the advantages to students, agencies, and the university. (Author/RC)

Describes Orange Coast College's Assessment of Prior Learning (APL) program, which involves student preparation of a fully documented autobiographical essay and an assessment procedure used to award credit for demonstrated competencies. Highlights faculty and industry involvement. (DMM)

Presents methods of reeducating counselors-in-training about homosexuals. Describes how gay information can be incorporated into various counselor training courses. The primary method suggested is helping students get personally acquainted with gays. (Author/RC)

Twenty-two suggestions are made for establishing and maintaining consistency and fairness in policy for transferring foreign institution credits to American institutions. Emphasis is on careful examination of foreign school systems and methods for granting appropriate credit when course equivalencies are not available. (MSE)

A discussion is given of competency-based programs of innovative colleges, including the role of assessment of prior learning in such programs, drawing on the experience of Justin Morrill College of Michigan State University. (Author)

Argues that the effect of a proposed tuition tax credit is school segregation, creating serious constitutional objections under the due process clause. A voucher system would avoid these constitutional objections. Available from the Yale Law Journal, 401A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520. (Author/IRT)

From the perspective of a Catholic educator, the author examines the education planks of the 1980 Democratic and Republican Party platforms, particularly those planks relating to private education and tuition tax credits. (SJL)