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Newman, Mark – 1996
This volume was commissioned to mark the centennial of the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools in 1996. It reviews the organization's history and explores the internal culture of the NCA, the role of accreditation, and the unique relationship between educational voluntary associations and the federal government. The book sees…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Educational Change
Stevens, Robert Bocking – 1983
The history of the American law school since the 1850s is discussed. During the period after 1800, the replicas of the English legal profession were almost nonexistent in the United States, and Jacksonian Democracy was characterized by a decline in formal standards for legal education. In the early 1850s, law began again to be seen as a learned…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Case Studies, College Faculty
Valentine, John A. – 1987
The role of the College Entrance Examination Board (College Board) in setting standards in secondary school education is traced historically. The first college entrance examinations, which became known as the College Boards) were administered in June 1901 around the country to 978 high school students. The rationale was that a set of common…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Agency Role
Musgrave, P. W. – 1992
The interaction of a university and the society is described in a case study of the system of public examinations of Melbourne University in Victoria (Australia). The initial desire to guarantee the academic standards of college entrants grew into a system that also provided school leaving certificates for those not entering the university. Over a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Case Studies, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
Synnott, Marcia Graham – 1979
The origins, history, and final demise of discriminatory admissions policies at Harvard, Princeton and Yale are examined. It is reported that by the early 1920's the Big Three racial and religious quotas were fully operative in response to the influx of Jews, Catholics, and other new groups that threatened the hegemony of the old-stock Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action
Lovell, John P. – 1979
The images, realities, and transitions of the American service academies are examined in this book. The contradictions between the classical Athens emphasis on well-educated and cultured individuals, and the Spartan emphasis on discipline, physical prowess, courage, and honor that have been inherent in the academies are brought to task. The…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Books, College Administration, Educational Assessment
Smith, Douglas C. – 1981
Traditional and nontraditional education in Taiwan are considered, based on interviews with educators and scholars in Taiwan, observations, and research materials. To provide a picture of the evolution of academe in the Chinese-Taiwan setting, attention is directed to philosophy, history, academic ethics and excellence, methodology, and policy…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Standards, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education
