A survey was conducted of a random sample of 100 counselor education programs with regard to their policies and procedures for admission of graduate students. The results indicate a heavy emphasis on predictors of academic success as initial screening criteria. (Author)

Discusses the positive effects of grading without the use of F grades, a method of punishment lacking redeeming value. (RK)

Faculty are disenchanted with the impact of football fame on the academic program. (Author)

Professional termpaper writing agencies are contributing to a society of functional illiterates. (HS)

Argues that reading popular literature is justified as a means when reading good literature is the end. (RB)

A teacher can create an atmosphere in which plagiarism is not tempting and in the process provide the assistance that will maximize student success. (Author)

Describes problems associated with accreditation of professional engineering programs and the new accreditation procedures used by the Engineering Education and Accreditation Committee of ECPD (Engineers Council for Professional Development). (PR)

New criteria for conferring degrees are proposed. (HS)

The problems of the next decade will be: increasing specialization vs. increasing demands for self-determination; idea of equality vs. idea of an intellectual elite; need to decentralize vs. need for efficiency and budgetary control. (Author/SP)

A summary of the impressions of a four-man commission requested to evaluate a foreign study experience and a review of the efforts of another group of study directors to establish some type of reporting and evaluation of American Programs in Spain. (RB)

The value of instructor training was recognized by British Railways as early as 1950 with the setting up of a training center at Darlington. This article shows the results of this continuous training experience in the benefits to be obtained from re-appraisal techniques and practical work. (Author/EB)