The issue of certification is a crucial one for psychologists. The advantages of such certification might seem to be a sanctioned status in the community, a specific set of courses for students leading to a specific title, and possibly an edge in a highly competitive job market. But the sort of training implied by certification implies learning a…

This document indicates general characteristics of excellence in Master's Degree Programs. Areas of concern include types of programs and degrees, control, faculty, students, structure, resources, costs, off-campus programs, interinstitutional programs and certificate programs. (MJM)

The author briefly discusses the pros and cons of the practice of certifying people to perform educational tasks, and concludes that credentialling is a necessity which adult educators should make the best of by ensuring that certification has substance enough to assure those whom they serve of practitioners' professional calibre. (AJ)

There is general professional consensus that accreditation should function to control quality, but the mechanisms for such control need considerable study. (JD)

Additional participants in a European international agreement on the recognition of higher education degrees and credentials, as of a May 1986 convention, are cited. (MSE)

The status of signature and ratification of six regional cooperative conventions concerning recognition of study abroad is reported. They are conventions for: Latin America and the Caribbean; Arab and European states bordering on the Mediterranean; the Arab states; the Europe region; the African states; and Asia and the Pacific. (MSE)

Describes New Jersey's alternate route to teacher certification, designed to attract good teachers with practical experience in such fields as vocational education. This provisional teacher program is composed of three phases: (1) certification, (2) placement, and (3) training. (CH)

The Pennsylvania Department of Education requires Technology Coordinators employed by public school districts in the Commonwealth to be properly certified. The Technology Coordinator is responsible to implement instructional technology for the district, provide leadership in the use of technological delivery systems, and routinely work directly…

California public schools face a number of challenges, including low academic performance and a shortage of fully credentialed teachers. One way to address these particular challenges is through teacher retention. Experienced teachers are more effective at raising student test scores, on average, than are teachers in their first year or two of…

This proposal is intended to provide the California Community College system with a means by which to better serve student needs and enhance the ability of the Chancellor's Office to record and report the many different certificates that are awarded by California's community colleges. This proposal is designed to provide the Chancellor's office…

If colleges and universities were to step away from their traditional certification and credentializing activities, employers might develop alternative, and likely better, measures by which to evaluate candidates. (Author/PG)

Author describes an operational rationale for broadening the local director's information base before final consultant selection, as well as a programmatic design for the most effective utilization of the visiting consultant once he arrives at the training site. (Author/CB)

If the restrictions of credentialing requirements were lifted public schools could make much greater use of teaching talent. (AP)

This study examines the characteristics of faculty who joined the top twenty departments in six disciplines between 1963 and 1966 in order to evaluate the relative importance of prestige of doctoral origin and scholarly performance in the selection for a position in these departments." (Author/SE)

Discusses and defines performance certification, its concept and the strengths and weaknesses of existing systems. (RB)