The greatest single strength of an admissions program is carefully developed institutional policy on the admission of foreign students which has the wholehearted support of the top level of the administration. Only then can the admissions program maintain reasonably and realistically high standards. Standards of admission should be reassessed…

In this paper, an editorial comment on the field of instructional technology as a whole is made, followed by a brief discussion of research findings about instructional technology and assumptions underlying the use of instructional technology. The role of measurement and evaluation in the field are examined, and implications and recommendations…

THIS INQUIRY INTO THE SCHOLASTIC LEVEL OF TEACHER EDUCATION VERSUS OTHER STUDENTS EXAMINED THE RECORDS OF 2,660 FALL 1965 MATRICULANTS TO GRADUATE STUDY IN TEACHER EDUCATION AND IN ARTS AND SCIENCES IN THE FOUR SENIOR COLLEGES OF THE UNIVERSITY (BROOKLYN, CITY, HUNTER, AND QUEENS). ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME VARIATION AMONG THE FOUR COLLEGES, TAKEN…

A good teacher is: secure in being his/her own self; "almost unfailingly courteous"; enthusiastic; tolerant; blessed with a sense of humor. In sum, a good teacher is, as Arthur Combs says, "a unique human being who has learned to use himself effectively". (JC)

Examined ability of 40 psychotherapists to diagnose premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Developed two case vignettes identical except for symptoms being cyclical in one and noncyclical in other. Psychotherapists made diagnosis and selected treatment. Most respondents could distinguish PMS from non-PMS case on cyclical versus noncyclical feature.…

Discusses objective and subjective standards for library selection of new periodicals. Twenty-four recommended magazines published for the first time in 1986 or 1987 are reviewed under subject headings which included satire, lifestyles, life and art, comics, health, and literary criticism and music. Ordering information for the magazines is…

Recommends a planning process for purchase of a bookmobile which includes the following stages: (1) determination of the criteria for selection; (2) review of the alternatives to arrive at a statement of specifications; (3) requests for bids; and (4) a scheme for evaluating bids. A directory of 12 manufacturers is included. (2 references) (MES)

Provides criteria for selection of microcomputer communications software for asynchronous (serial) communication and for communication with host computers. The following features are discussed: (1) communication options; (2) transmitting data; (3) receiving data; (4) filtering; (5) translating; (6) special features; and (7) general features such…

Specifying criteria is a complex problem comprising three phases: valuation, criterion identification, and prescription. Criteria are useful for making, and necessary for substantiating, value claims but to specify in advance a set of criteria upon which to judge is self-limiting. Complete prior specification is undesirable in principle. (MT)

Presents six criteria for curriculum theorizing in an attempt to help develop normative curriculum theories. (MD)