The 1974 University of Nevada, Reno, Adviser's Manual (with 1975 update) deals with general university requirements. Included are: (1) information about students; (2) advice pertaining to suggested courses; (3) special problems of students; (4) advisement process and official advisement forms; (5) registration; (6) advisement of students near…

The 1974/75 edition of the faculty handbook provides the University of Nevada, Reno faculty with a source of general information about the university and its services, faculty personnel policies, and general faculty-student relationships. Chapters cover: (1) organization of the university; (2) faculty personnel policies; (3) instructor and other…

The professional portion of the elementary and early childhood teacher education program at the University of Florida (UF) is taken on a pass-fail basis. A student completing this program has 66 quarter hours of pass-fail credit and a letter written by a faculty member who has worked with her or him for two years. The purpose of this study was to…

This report is a cross-evaluation of two significant efforts to improve teacher education in the United States. The USOE models project and the NCATE accreditation standards both recognize that teacher education programs can best be examined as a totality, and both relate program and evaluation of graduates to stated goals. (See also ED037422 for…

The following papers collected in this publication were presented for discussion at the Open Court Editorial Advisory Board Meeting in 1970. "Testing, Grades, Standards" by Jacques Barzun discusses the relationship between these three elements and the process of education and of performance evaluation. In "The Limits of Reform in Education" James…

The policy statement outlines New York State standards regarding: (1) the driver's education program; (2) vehicles in the program; (3) administration, supervision, and organization of summer school programs; (4) teachers in the program; and (5) pupils in the program. A glossary defines terms and instructional objectives. Program policies…

The manual, the fourth edition of the material used by the Commission on Independent Secondary Schools, is designed for use in elementary, secondary and ungraded schools and those with K-12 or other grade configurations. The manual is divided into three main parts: (1) a discussion of the evaluation process; (2) manual of instructions--general…

This book presents a comprehensive description and analysis of undergraduate English as it is taught in four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The study discussed in this book was the result of a survey of 300 departments of English randomly selected from those institutions offering English programs. (An account of how the…

Multiple regression equations predicting first semester grade point average (GPA) from high school percentile rank (HSPR) and Composite score on the American College Test (ACT:C) were examined for five successive fall freshman classes (1965-1969) at the University of Illinois. Slopes were significantly different among the five equations. Further…

This study investigates the pass/fail (P/F) grading system. A sample of 154 Indiana University students was interviewed. Half of the group, 77 students, had not taken any P/F courses. Of the remaining 77 students, 42% had taken only one P/F course and most of the rest from two to five courses. Results of the student interview questionnaire…

This research study surveyed the use of pass/no credit grading in student teaching. The measurement devices used were questionnaires developed to poll the opinions of the following groups: university personnel, coordinators of student teaching, noncenter hiring officials, student teachers, center cooperating teachers, and center administrators.…

This study was conducted to design an educational program for physician's assistant that would conform to the American Medical Association's essential requirements for the occupation and to determine the feasibility of establishing such a program at Pitt Technical Institute in North Carolina. The investigation covered selection procedures,…

A detailed analysis of standard setting and criteria for test scores and educational decisions is presented. The author contends that present procedures are in need of re-examination. (JKS)

A critical look is taken of the comparatively recent practice of awarding college credit for life or work experience. It is suggested that the life-experience approach to "respectability" combines academic snobbery and elitism with pragmatism due to the fear of declining enrollments and subsequent job loss. (LBH)

The image of business colleges held by many liberal arts faculty members is challenged by a former teacher in a business school. Issues discussed include academic standards, teaching quality, student recruitment, student financial aid, and support services. (LBH)