As institutions responsive to public demand, community colleges can play an important role in strengthening public understanding of and appreciation for voluntary, non-governmental regional accreditation. (NF)

It is the responsibility of colleges and universities to help prevent ambitious hardworking students with some ability from academic failure in their freshman vear. (IR)

Presidents expect deans to exercise primary, internal leadership to the end that the institution's most fundamental purposes can be realized. (Author)

Discusses a survey made to determine the weight of high school accreditation on college admission policies and procedures. Tables. (RB)

Paper presented at the Council of Academic Societies Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2-5, 1968.

Describes six models or formats for mass communication internships as a means of incorporating the internship into the mass communication department's overall program. (HOD)

Describes the five-year effort of the Allentown, Pennsylvania School District to develop districtwide final examinations to test the mastery of course objective in its secondary schools. (FL)

Offers a list of nonthreatening questions to use in determining why a large number of students are doing unsatisfactory work in one teacher's class. Gives guidelines for the administrator's use of the information gained, including a chart showing how to analyze course offerings and grades. (WD)

Encourages a reduction in the number of Ph.D. programs in English and foreign languages and the raising of standards for admission to graduate programs. (DD)

American higher education is confronted by materialists who threaten the future of liberal education, warns Sterling McMurrin, dean of the University of Utah Graduate School and former U.S. Commissioner of Education. A growing element in society mainly measures educational values in terms of practical skills and potential wages. (Author)

Public policy rests on the unreliable assumption that postsecondary education institutions and programs approved by nationally recognized private accrediting agencies are bona fide providers of educational services, worthy of students' time, effort, and money and of federal funds. Rather, federal fund eligibility should focus on measures of…

The article reviews the revised teacher education accreditation standards in the areas of special and multicultural education, as formulated by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). (DLS)

Traces the concern for "standards" which has constantly affected English education. Sees no easy answers to the problems of assessing, let alone raising, standards; in particular has reservations concerning current proposals for monitoring. (Editor/RK)

Data from 52 states and territories show that 96% have secondary performance measures/standards as mandated by the Perkins Act. Math, reading, and language are most commonly used as approved measures, as well as work skill attainment and placement. (SK)