Discusses central issues concerning the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO): meeting individual students' needs; educational opportunity; standards; AACRAO's financial resources; access; international programs; new learning patterns; management; and professional growth. (PG)

The NFER findings on recent trends in reading standards are confirmed by this study. While in Aberdeen at the age of eight years, the standard of performance in reading comprehension is relatively unchanged, at age 11 there has been a slight decline in average standard. (Author)

An informed perspective is the key to the role trustees should play in college and university affairs. It is especially important in academic matters, where the authority of trustees is most likely to be challenged. (Author/DN)

Innovation for its own sake has led to lowered academic standards and a less valuable educational product. Community colleges must stop catering to academically underprepared students by simply entertaining them with instructional innovations and must return to emphases on basic skills, essay examinations, and academically challenging coursework.…

Advanced composition is difficult to define because of the complexities implied by each of the two terms, "advanced" and "composition." The word "advanced" is loaded with positive connotations that generally suggest progress. However, the progress expected of a class of students at one institution may not agree with…

The New Mexico High School Proficiency Examination covers five general content areas: (1) Community Resources; (2) Occupational Knowledge; (3) Consumer Economics; (4) Mental and Physical Health; and (5) Government and Law. Skills measured by the test are: Identification of Facts and Terms; Reading; Writing; Computation and Problem Solving. These…

The history and institutional use of cutoff scores is reviewed, emphasizing the changes in these scores used over the years and the rationale used in selecting cutoff scores. A brief description of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is provided, as is background about how it works. Cutoff score recommendations of the American Council on…

The recent interest in setting minimal educational standards arises partially from the success of the educational system at providing 75 percent of the population with high school diplomas. Previously, a major goal for the system was high school graduation for as many people as possible. Now that that goal is approximated, a new goal takes its…

As science, research, knowledge, and world population continue to expand, so does the rate of change in human society. As technology increases, educational attainments can quickly become inadequate to face the demands of life and work in adult life. Many countries that are advancing technologically are finding their present adult population…

The theme of the 1970 Annual Meeting of the American Council of Education was "Higher Education for Everybody? Issues and Implications." The papers in this volume address themselves to the question of universal higher education and to the implications of this goal on institutional goals and practices as these relate to a student population that…

This paper presents three arguments for maintaining the open-door policy in community colleges. One is the social demand argument. Since the Commission on Higher Education, appointed by President Truman in 1947, estimated that at least 49 per cent of the population had the mental ability to complete 14 years of schooling, various national…

An earlier report presented the results of an inverse factor study of interrelationships among students over a variety of measures associated with motivation to study in college. Seven of the 10 motivational factors revealed in that study were related to academic criteria that are considered to be of practical importance in the admissions process.…

A 1972 American Bar Association (ABA) directive to develop standards for accreditation of formal education programs directed to the training of legal paraprofessionals resulted in the "Guidelines for the Approval of Legal Assistant Education Programs." To extend the availability of legal service, the ABA has defined the role of legal…