The quality of education being offered by institutions of higher education is being questioned. Trends toward educational quality are evident by court cases that are cited; the issue has been school finance. The equal protection clause of the Constitution has been extended to apply to several areas through the idea of "fundamental rights." The…

The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) had a substantial impact upon the Florida State University System. Over 42% of the beginning freshmen in 1972 took CLEP examinations and over 38% received credit for passing one or more examinations with a score above the national 50th percentile. These freshmen received an average of 27 quarter-hours…

IN THIS RETROSPECTIVE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CORRESPONDENCE STUDY, 1897 THROUGH 1960, ABOUT 1000 BOOKS, RESEARCH REPORTS, POPULAR AND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ON CORRESPONDENCE STUDY ARE CITED OR ABSTRACTED. THE MAJOR AREAS OF SUBJECT MATTER INCLUDE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, RURAL AND…

In discussing the importance of a competency based approach to teacher education and potential concerns for program integrity, four points are emphasized: (1) In Competency Based Education (CBE), stated competencies define all other program elements; (2) Many programs do not possess internal consistency, integrity, or external validity; (3) CBE…

Information regarding state minimum competency testing programs was requested from the 50 state departments of education in the United States in the spring of 1979. The following questions were asked: (1) Do you have a testing program? (2) If you do, what tests are being used? (3) Do you have a testing program in the planning stages? (4) Are there…

Seven guidelines for setting minimum competency standards for high school graduation are presented: (1) Competency standards for the diploma should be developed by a process that gives major attention to the needs of students yet recognizes an institutions's responsibility to societal needs. (2) Competency standards should be developed using good…

In order to deal with the problem of increasing failures and dropouts and the negative impact of large numbers of students lacking basic reading and language skills on instructional activities and materials, the Sociology Department at El Camino College made eligibility for English 1A a prerequisite for its Sociology 5 course in fall 1975. This…

The state of the art of state-level academic program review is presented. The growth of state agency reviews and three types of state coordinating agencies are discussed. The relation of program review to budget review and planning is outlined, and a description is provided of what programs are reviewed, the criteria for reviewing new programs,…

A major reason for the public's concern about curriculum and instruction at all levels of education has evolved because of the serious decline in student academic achievement. After two decades of innovation in teaching styles there are increasing complaints about academic grade inflation, functional illiteracy, and student inability to read,…

These guidelines are provided to assist in meeting the necessary rules and minimum standards and in making judgments on licensing. Suggestions are offered for evaluating an institution's statement of purpose as well as specific aspects of its program. The educational program is assessed with regard to its courses, duration and intensity (associate…

This seventh edition of the directory lists those cooperative arrangements in higher education which were reported by their chief administrative officers to satisfy five criteria. Each consortium is a voluntary formal organization with three or more member institutions; has multi-academic programs, is administered by at least one full-time…

In an attempt to develop college creditable competencies for inservice training in the human services, and relationships between service agencies and higher education institutions, a conference sponsored by the Center for Governmental Studies discussed: (1) nontraditional education and competency-based education; (2) competency-based education and…

This faculty handbook contains Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws for the college and the faculty; principles and objectives of the college (purpose, student development objectives, the college and the church, objectives of general education, and academic freedom); description of functions and responsibilities for administrative departments and…

This faculty handbook and administration manual contains duties and responsibilities of both faculty and administration including information on academic programs, standards and policies, and information on student financial aid and services. (JT)

This description of major activities and accomplishments of the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of the States (V-TECS) since the second progress report of May, 1975, is designed to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the processes and procedures used by the consortium in achieving its major goal: The production of catalogs…