At Florida Technological University, an official student transcript system was developed using computer assistance. The record files consist of three sections: a student record file, a transfer record file, and a master class schedule. (Author/PG)

This handbook describes 77 voluntary programs offering professional credentialing for people in a wide range of professional and occupational fields. Each description lists credentials, organization offering credentials, initial credentialing requirements, credential renewal requirements (if any), continuing education approval process, and other…

The Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to assure that its physicians are qualified to perform their assigned duties are discussed. Five sections include: introduction; additional actions needed to help assure that military physicians have proper qualifications; hospital credentialing and privileging systems needed to comply with DOD…

In this article, the author traces the evolution of Title VII and the Griggs precedent, looking at their implications for education in two ways: first, the employers view of the law in terms of employment practices and second, educational changes in schools as a result of court action. (Editor/RK)

Reviews the matter of professional qualifications of members in terms of the three classes of public served, qualification procedures, qualification for the professional public, and recognition of qualifications. (AM)

A law which provides parents and students access to students' education records may have the effect of greatly diminishing the amount of research that can be conducted involving the use of data on school students. (Author/AM)

Accreditation issues raised by the use of educational technology not being substantially different from those raised during the decade of the seventies by the nontraditional education movement, there are several lessons about accreditation issues which are applicable to both movements. For example, credentialing and accreditation issues are…

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…