The conditions that lead teachers to be more controlling versus more autonomy-oriented with students were examined. When responsibility for their students' performance was impressed upon teachers, they became more controlling. They talked more, were more critical, gave more commands and allowed less choice and autonomy. (Author/CM)

The view of higher education as a privilege, rather than a right, did not die with open admissions in the City University system. Rather, under pressures of the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, this view has regained its ascendancy as socially advantaged groups struggle to maintain their position. (Author/GC)

A report of the American Bar Association's section of legal education and admission to the bar on law school accreditation covers historical background of the association's role, the accreditation process, standards (financial support, salary structure, libraries, student faculty ratio), and centralization of the accrediting function. (MSE)

Rights and responsibilities for evaluating student cognitive and noncognitive abilities rest with the medical faculty. If faculty conscientiously exercise professional judgment and schools use appropriate due process, medical schools will be protected from adverse court decisions and high academic standards will be maintained. (Author/MSE)

Contrasts in schools of social work with high and low levels of formal research requirements in the master's program curricula are presented. Associated characteristics, notably school size, that appear to be inversely related to research requirement level are identified. Implications of the relationships and the extremes are examined. (MSE)

Conducted a national survey of counselor education field practicum programs. Reported current and ideal characteristics of practicum activities, trainee evaluation, and supervisory requirements from 287 counselor education programs. (Author)

The recent White House reviews of science and engineering education suggest that sagging science and mathematics standards in American classrooms are a liability to industrial performance and international performance. (MP)

Input-output research has made valuable contributions to our understanding of schools; however it does not provide reliable evidence concerning how school resources should be allocated. Two input-output studies described indicate that the intuitions of experienced school officials should be heeded by researchers when designing input-output…

The current emphasis on excellence, it is suggested, is used as an excuse to exclude. The more people who are educated, the greater the possibility that collective decisions will be of better quality. Higher education must become more open and more inclusive. (MLW)

The increasingly heavy load of detailed extraneous National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Standards has had little effect on improving the quality of teacher preparation programs. In place of the present mass of standards, four standards are proposed. These alternative standards focus on adequate financial support, selective…

Argues that systematic community college reforms are required to maintain open access and meet demands for higher academic standards and fiscal accountability. Reviews the development of the access vs standards debate, considers special problems caused by the increase in federal student aid and enrollment-driven funding, and outlines six reform…

Seven weaknesses of accreditation are described: long intervals between site visits, automatic accreditation of branches, weak penalties, inadequate public disclosure, inadequate enforcement, leadership shortcomings, and problems with program evaluation. (Author/MLW)

Reviews the "Horowitz" case and offers a version of the traditional due process formula that would emphasize the fundamental nature of the claim to procedural due process when significant interests are adversely affected by government action. Available from University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA 52242. (Author/IRT)

Analyzed articles appearing between 1970 and 1978 in four student affairs journals to determine types of articles published and institutional rates of productivity. Authors from a small proportion of institutions were overrepresented. Compared with research articles, few literature reviews were published. (Author)

A developmental studies program which is integrated into the total curriculum of the institution and which assists in integrating its students into the mainstream of its student population is an appropriate long long-term response to pressures engendered by the equal access/academic standards dilemma. (Author)