Implications for higher education as a result of open admissions at City University of New York (CUNY) in 1970 are examined in this paper. After a brief general history of open admissions in higher education, a history of CUNY is presented. Preparations for open admission at CUNY are discussed and the six guidelines for the open admission,…

ONE PART OF THIS BULLETIN CRITICIZES THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL CHILDREN MUST LEARN THE SAME MATERIAL AT A GIVEN AGE AND AT THE SAME RATE AS THEIR PEERS. THE PRESENT CRISIS IN EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY FOR THE DEPRIVED CHILD, RESULTS FROM THE STRESS PLACED ON CONTENT RATHER THAN ON HELP FOR EACH CHILD TO GROW AS A HUMAN BEING. A MOST DAMAGING ASPECT OF…

The history of and case for public school consumer education is made in the document's opening chapters; a literature review reveals emphasis on need and program implementation, with very little emphasis on criteria for program evaluation. Standards and a rating scale developed by the author to evaluate and compare consumer education programs and…

The 1975-76 faculty handbook for Wesleyan University covers: (1) the charter; (2) college body constitution; (3) academic standards; (4) academic freedom; (5) tenure; (6) student rights; (7) academic regulations; (8) faculty benefits; (9) insurance programs; (10) sabbatical leave and leaves of absence; (11) student privileges; (12) tuition…

The present report is one in a series which profiles the University of Washington (UW) entering freshman class in terms of performance on the several tests making up the Washington Pre-College Testing Program's battery. As in earlier years, percentile charts for male and female entrants as well as for the total tested group, comprising 79 percent…

This booklet provides members of the National Education Association (NEA) with background information about accreditation and certification so that they can take appropriate action to change teacher education. Part one presents an overview of accreditation and certification in teacher education. Section one of this part contains information on the…

This paper presents a study determining the extent of the University of South Carolina's (USC's) appeal to academically talented students and defining potential areas of difficulty in recruiting such students. The sample included all of the 1974 Semi-Finalists from South Carolina in the National Merit Scholarship Competition, as well as the 58…

This paper reports a series of events that occurred at Anderson College (South Carolina) as a result of conflict between a college academic policy which allowed students to withdraw from a course without penalty up until the 12th week of a 16 week semester, and a regulation of the state approval agency for veterans education which required that…

In response to questions raised about the quality of education at the University of Washington, the winter 1976 Student Affairs Survey sought the opinion of a random sample of students on a number of quantifiable indicators of quality. Five hundred and fifty-seven respondents completed mailed questionnaires, for a response rate of 54 percent. The…

The University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS) is a regional four-year liberal arts university influenced by the British educational system. Admission to UBLS is contingent on: (1) scoring high on the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC), (2) scoring high on the General Certificate of Education (GCE) Examination, (3) scoring high…

Using data sets from several American and British studies, this study compares the process of status attainment in the U.S. and Great Britain. The overall social mobility from generation to generation is very similar in both countries, as are the relative effects of social origin and individual ability on educational attainment and social status.…

Institutions of higher education will have to change themselves radically if they are seriously interested in instituting open admissions policies, and one of the biggest obstacles to creating a learning environment conducive to a new kind of student will be overcoming institutional pride in its own elitism. Students have traditionally entered the…

This critical review of the literature is concerned with the measurement of scholarly work done by the faculties of universities and colleges. Such measures of output as individual and departmental ratings by scholars, the amount of recognition awarded, the number of publications written, and the number of citations to published work, are…

Open admission s is an important change in the entry procedures to a major social institution. Several variations of open enrollment have been noted: (1) complete universal higher education based on individual desire; (2) universal entry on the basis of particular needs and talents; and (3) admission of a percentage of students under different…

This bulletin, a companion piece to that described in TM 000 112, describes the role of the Commission on Secondary Schools in the development of standards and the formulation of accreditation procedures aimed at improving the schools of the South. It delineates the broad principles and standards required for accreditation and indicates the…