The Bullock Report, published in 1975, described English teaching practices in England and offered recommendations for improving those practices. This paper examines the background of the report and discusses topics in the report that are of particular interest to Americans, including the setting and monitoring of reading and writing standards,…

Issues associated with minimum competency testing are discussed: the national, state, and local context for MCT program development; MCT's potential impact; the use and development of MCT programs; and reactions to the testing programs. Presently, the federal role is described as limited to providing information, research support, and technical…

Three issues of quality in higher education are addressed: defining quality in public higher education, obstacles to the accomplishment of quality, and how to sell the need for quality in public higher education to the government and others. It is suggested that varied standards of student and faculty performance are needed among types of…

Committees were used to test the hypothesis that interinstitutional co-operation can facilitate more effective use of instructional media in higher education in the South. The principal areas of concern were (l) administrative arrangements for a regional cooperative program, (2) special problems of curriculum inherent in an interinstitutional…

Balance academic and maturational needs of students and maintain both academic standards and the quality of an expanding school environment are the recommendations of six independent school heads. Their responses in this book of essays are to critics of secondary education who propose (1) that more education should take place outside the school in…

The relationships between school accreditation variables, socioeconomic status, and student achievement were investigated from standardized reading and mathematics achievement test scores in 38 eighth grade and 74 fifth grade schools. The percentage of children eating a free lunch at school was used to indicate socioeconomic background. School…

What began as a review of Pass-Fail ended as a comment on the evaluation schema of student academic performance. "Standards,""Evaluation" and "Grades" are defined. A brief history of grading among early North American institutions of higher learning is compared to precursory practices in Europe. The validity and reliability of traditional grades…

Mississippi State University's faculty handbook is designed to provide factual information about the organization, facilities, services, and policies of the university. The main focal point is on matters of direct faculty concern; hence administrative and organizational details are minimized. Those areas outlined in more detail include the faculty…

Current information on policies, procedures, and guidelines is presented to supplement but not repeat material in the current college catalog and faculty constitution. This 1974 revised edition is organized in three sections: organization and administration; faculty responsibilities and procedures; and facilities. Physical organization is…

Academic freedom heads the list of items discussed in the 1975 faculty handbook for West Virginia Institute of Technology. This is followed by outlines of the institution's organization including the academic organization, the state Board of Regents, advisory board, and administrative organization. In the area of employment the institution's…

The 1972 edition of the Springfield College faculty handbook provides information to the faculty regarding the standards and purpose of the college; the college's definition of a faculty member; faculty classification, appointments, and employment agreement; academic freedom; salaries; evaluation; promotion; tenure; termination; leave policies;…

The general organization and functioning of the institution is reviewed in this 1972 handbook, along with various rules, procedures, and conventions. Some parts quote those formulations that have the effect of law throughout the university, such as bylaws and various policy statements formally adopted by the Board of Trustees, and rules…

Governance, university offerings, faculty information, and general services and facilities are reviewed in the 1975-76 faculty handbook. University governance is described in terms of the bylaws of the board of trustees, executive administration, academic officers, faculty policy and organization, admission standards, registration procedures, and…

The 1970 edition of the faculty handbook is divided into three areas: (1) duties and privileges of the faculty; (2) financial matters and fringe benefits; and (3) academic procedures. Among the items detailed are faculty meetings; academic council; academic freedom; tenure; teaching load; faculty responsibilities beyond the classroom; appointment…

Policies and procedures for academic affairs are detailed in the 1974-1975 edition of the faculty handbook. Areas of concern are presented alphabetically and include: absences, academic classification, admissions requirements, advanced standing, appealing grades, curriculum changes, course or college withdrawal, fees, graduate courses and…