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Ishler, Richard E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
A survey of the 103 members of a national association of education schools contradicts charges that teacher training institutions have low admission and graduation standards, require too few subject-area courses relative to methodology courses, and require less rigorous general studies than are required in other disciplines. (MCG)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Degree Requirements, Higher Education
Download full textCouncil of Ontario Universities, Toronto. – 2000
This paper, presented by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), addresses questions related to development of the Quality Assessment Board, the applied degree pilot project, new Ontario-based private institutions, and new taxpayer and student protection measures. The COU highlights four major points in their response to the paper,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Degree Requirements, Foreign Countries
Farland, Ronnald W. – 1985
Developed by the Task Force on Academic Quality for the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, this report analyzes, discusses, and offers recommendations concerning ways to strengthen the quality of the associate degree in the state's community college system. Part I provides background on the charge of the Task Force and external…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Parnell, Dale, Ed. – 1985
Designed to encourage dialogue and inform decision making about the associate degree, this book presents perspectives on the role of the associate degree in the nation's two-year colleges. First, "Toward a Greater Degree: A Plan of Action," by Dale Parnell, suggests a plan for preserving and enhancing the value of the education being…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, College Role, Community Colleges
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1987
The policy statements contained in this document present the position of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) on the Associate Degree, the Associate in Applied Science Degree (AAS), and the Associate Degree in Nursing. In its statement on the Associate Degree, the AACJC: (1) stresses the responsibility of faculty and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, College Curriculum, Community Colleges
Farland, Ronnald W. – 1985
This staff analysis by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges discusses and offers recommendations concerning the report, "Proposals for Strengthening the Associate Degree in the California Community Colleges," by the Task Force on Academic Quality. The paper begins with brief staff comments on the associate…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Farland, Ronnald; Nussbaum, Thomas J. – 1988
In May 1985 and again in September 1986, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges adopted Title 5 regulations strengthening the associate degree by establishing two distinct sets of standards which establish whether or not individual courses may be applied for credit to the associate degree. Along with a brief history of the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Associate Degrees, College Credits, Community Colleges
Adelman, Clifford – 1982
Issues concerning the influence of college curricula are considered as part of a background briefing paper for a special panel of the National Commission on Excellence in Education. The objective was to examine features of contemporary college studies to determine what should be protected or changed to improve the quality of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), College Credits, College Curriculum
