Ways that colleges and universities provide opportunities for students to improve their writing are discussed in two essays and program descriptions. In "Reinventing the Rhetorical Tradition: Finding Ways to Revalue Writing," Patrick Hartwell and Greg Waters briefly describe activities at colleges that center around the rhetorical…

Describes current efforts in the career-oriented approach to curriculum in foreign languages, with particular reference to MLA's work in the area. (KM)

A report on recent endeavors to improve the doctoral program in the Spanish department at the University of Connecticut. It also draws upon resolutions of 1972 conferences on graduate study at Wichita State University and the University of Texas. Individualized instruction, improved student-teacher relations and revision of examinations are basic…

Requests for administrator certification standards mailed to state directors of teacher education and certification produced replies from all states except Connecticut and Nevada. To handle the responses, a data collection framework was established that would allow for relatively easy comparisons among states of certification standards for…

The guide lists information about requirements, course offerings, financial aid, and personnel for 148 graduate departments of geography in the United States and Canada. The objective is to assist college and university departments in answering student inquiries concerning graduate training in geography. The guide is divided into two sections: the…

THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CPE) WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO OPEN UP THE STATE'S EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE WHO HAD ACQUIRED COLLEGE-LEVEL KNOWLEDGE IN WAYS OTHER THAN THROUGH REGULAR CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE. FACULTY MEMBERS OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN NEW YORK STATE, WORKING IN…

Procedures, requirements, and forms are presented in this handbook designed to guide students through Whatcom Community College's (WCC's) Individualized Degree Program. After introductory material concerning degree requirements and application procedures, the handbook considers the objectives and outcomes of initial advising sessions in which the…

Reported are the results of a survey on preservice elementary mathematics teacher education programs in Canada conducted by the Commission on the Education of Teachers of Mathematics of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The Commission surveyed 22 teacher education institutions to ascertain the status of preservice programs. The…

The tradition of forensics is being threatened by philosophical differences within departments of speech communication. If the area of forensics is to regain its former academic and cocurricular prominence, directors of forensics need to adjust to changing philosophies and needs. They must clarify the aims and goals of forensics programs,…

One of the major problems in doctoral education, the shortage of Ph.D. holders, is discussed. A brief history of the German influence on graduate schools in the United States is given to suggest the reasons why the traditional Ph.D. is not designed for present needs. Suggestions are given for a more effective Ph.D. curriculum which will meet the…

This manual lists regulations and practices governing credit procedures at Los Angeles City College (California). Grading practices and record updating procedures are covered, including credit by examination, credit/no credit grading, credit on early military withdrawal, course repetition, course duplication, incompletes, and credit transfer. The…

Forty-eight colleges and universities and their 140 degree programs are described in a compilation derived from catalogs, task force reports, and other sources. Criteria identified as necessary for establishment of an innovative graduate program include: significant student participation in degree program planning; abolition of formal residency…

The concept of competency-based (CB) curriculum was applied to the College of Pharmacy in March, 1975, after extensive study of the idea. Establishment of a CB curriculum was viewed as a project with several components: competency identification, validation and evaluation of competencies, assessment of the presence of competencies, instructional…

Interest in the establishment of external degree programs and programs for off-campus higher education has been accelerated throughout the country by the recognition of the need for new approaches to the extension and improvement of higher education opportunity and for ways of reducing the cost of education to both students and taxpayers. State…

In this memo the graduate faculty of the University of Washington records the approval by the Graduate School of the policy that the Doctor of Arts (D.A.) degree may be offered by the faculty in specifically authorized graduate units at the university and sets forth the general characteristics expected in graduate programs which may be offered…