Debates over academic standards have not settled any educational problems but have stimulated thinking on the quality of higher education. (DS)

Explores the academic, psychological, and social implications of hurriedly organized Black studies programs for future Negro higher education. (JM)

The President of the College Entrance Examination Board tells how its new commissions are searching for alternative, noninstitutional routes to learning. (Editor)

Although the pass-fail option proved to be popular with students, the faculty sample felt that it was being abused, and had somewhat negative attitudes toward the system. (AG)

Recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Education are reviewed. The appropriate place of various subjects in the curriculum, the possibility of a longer school year, and alternative means of paying teachers are also considered. (PP)

Documenting the decline in foreign language literacy among Americans and the decrease in foreign language requirements in high schools and colleges, the author stresses the intrinsic value of learning languages. He makes recommendations for improving foreign language study and attitudes toward it. (SK)

Describes recent Office for Civil Rights efforts to desegregate higher education, eliminate racially identifiable colleges, and improve Black colleges. Holds that these policies debilitate public institutions by lowering standards, weakening curricula, and reducing autonomy in White institutions, while failing to provide Black colleges with strong…

A panel discussion between a chancellor and two presidents, with audience questions, focuses on the admissions officer's role in meeting changing circumstances: declining enrollment, changing student body, changing expectations, higher education's role as a change agent, and limited funds. (MSE)

Discusses education in contemporary China, with emphasis on educating working class intellectuals, instituting basic compulsory schooling, centralizing educational policy, and raising academic standards. Journal availability: Comparative and International Education Society of Canada, Althouse College, University of Western Ontario, London, On, N6G…

In an interview, Willard Wirtz discusses his recent report, "Measuring the Quality of Education." Wirtz believes that the National Assessment of Educational Progress should be widely publicized and used and directed toward framing nationwide standards of educational quality. (Author/WD)