This statement, designed primarily to apply to teachers of bilingual-bicultural education in the United States of America, is intended to assist teacher certification agencies and educational institutions in the establishment of certification standards for bilingual-bicultural education teachers, and in the design and evaluation of…

Because the nursing department at Delaware Technical and Community College receives applications from more potential students than it can accommodate, it can no longer accept all applicants. The class which began in September 1975 was selected by a random selection process; this gave rise to numerous objections from rejected students, parents,…

Revisions of policies and standards of the North Central Association for the approval of occupational secondary schools are mainly related to those of board/staff relationship and pertain to aspects of operating policies, superintendent responsibilities, channels of communication, board meetings, working relationships, and employment policies. A…

To identify areas of concern in technical institute accreditation, 69 reports encompassing 1,631 comments of accreditation evaluation teams of two regional and four specialized accrediting agencies were analyzed. In addition, a survey of the opinions of officials in 93 technical institutes in the regions served by two regional accrediting agencies…

This document presents the papers and seminar discussions of the Forum. Thirty-eight papers were presented covering (1) the relationship of institutional research to general issues of policy formulation, (2) academic policy formulation, (3) administrative policy formulation, (4) enrollment policy formulation, and (5) special interest groups. The…

The current study is a comparison of the characteristics of the candidates from the Grossmont Union High School District who took the March 1976 administration of the California High School Proficiency Examination, with special attention to the differences between those candidates who passed the examination and those who did not . Significant…

The federal government is prohibited by the constitution from intruding into educational matters; state governments also have been reluctant to do so. The government has had to depend on voluntary accrediting organizations as evaluators of educational quality. These organizations assess educational quality and encourage its improvement.…

A "two-pool" method developed to increase the opportunities of minority students for admission into restricted enrollment programs at Tallahassee Community College is presented in this report. Three matrices were created by matching a sample of student grade point averages against a sample of student scores on the School and College…

In Bakke v. Regents of University of California the California Supreme Court ruled that special admissions policies for minority groups that deprive nonminorities of certain benefits are violating the constitutional rights of the majority. Implications of this ruling for the University of California Berkeley School of Law are discussed. (LBH)

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards will be making decisions this academic year that could have a significant impact on state education policies and teacher-education programs. Some developments could include more collaboration between colleges and schools, testing of prospective teachers, scrutiny of education-school curricula,…

Demographic forces will change U.S. higher education. Leaders of higher education need to gain more direct experience with the national diversity in age, in ethnicity, and in regions. Suggestions for dealing with the inevitable changes ahead are provided. (MLW)

Some high-school athletes with borderline grades and low achievement-test scores are enrolling in small, private preparatory schools in an effort to meet the National Collegiate Athletic Association's academic standards and play sports during their freshman year in college. (MLW)

A skeptic about the good reputation achieved by Miami-Dade Community College in recent years undertook a critical study of what the college was doing and how it has changed since 1960. (MSE)

An analysis of the performance of 3,355 high school learning-disabled students on the State Student Assessment Test (part of Florida's minimum competency testing program) revealed that large numbers performed poorly on basic skills assessments. Less than half demonstrated mastery on 16 of 34 communication skills tested. (JW)

A national board to certify teachers is expected to be chartered by late this summer and begin issuing certificates within five years. The objective is to establish high standards for teacher competence with voluntary certification, not replacement of state licensing. The plan has received widespread support. (MSE)