Sitting One's Way through College: An Arraignment of the Tangibles Now Accepted as Evidence of an Education.

Brown, Kenneth Irving

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Publication Date: 1979

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Sitting One's Way through College: An Arraignment of the Tangibles Now Accepted as Evidence of an Education.

Brown, Kenneth Irving

Journal of Higher Education, v50 n4 p368-75 Jul-Aug 1979

College diplomas are seen as not necessarily representing academic achievement, but the fact that a student has sat through enough courses to accumulate sufficient credits for graduation. A case is made for 10 measures of achievement to serve as a basis for graduation. (Article originally published in 1937.) (AF)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Credits, College Graduates, Degrees (Academic), Educational Objectives, Educational Quality, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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