Time-shortened degrees have roots in the nineteenth century but today are correlated to the technologic mind emphasizing efficiency and expediency. Questions to be addressed include the whole concept of what constitutes academic credit. (Author/LBH)

Suggests that sociological training is not sufficiently demanding and thus does not attract high-quality students. The author makes specific suggestions emphasizing the importance of theoretical work, syntheses and careful analyses of existing theories, and advanced methodological work. Concludes that serious thinking about the goals of graduate…

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)

This book intends to make the contents of the standards in the eight liberal-arts subjects more accessible to teachers, parents, and the general public. Content standards identify what students are expected to know and be able to do and can provide a way to identify the knowledge and skills that society wants young people to possess. The volume is…

Discussed are the nature and purpose of a Ph.D. degree in chemistry, job prospects, characteristics of a good program, suggested admission criteria, and the need for high program standards. (CO)

Reviews the Association of American Colleges (AAC) report, "Integrity in the College Curriculum," a comprehensive look at the role of the undergraduate major in political science. The place of political science in the core curriculum is also examined. (Author/BSR)

Essays by four community college chief executive officers (i.e., Michael E. Crawford, Donald L. Newport, Mary M. Norman, and Donald G. Phelps) suggest ways in which community colleges can implement programs and practices that will improve the position of the associate degree and the community college in American higher education. (DMM)

Six key standards set by institutions of higher education are identified: the use of time for academic learning, content in the disciplines, level of academic performance expected of students, the preparation of teachers, cooperation with schools, industry, government to improve education, and the ethical behavior of institutions. (MLW)

Academic standards at British Commonwealth African universities are considered and the relevance of Western academic traditions for the universities is discussed. It is concluded that building academic excellence is of greater importance than increasing manpower output. (MSE)

These papers concern the efforts of the U.S. Office of Education to eradicate "degree mills", that is, organizations that award degrees without requiring their students to meet educational standards for such degrees, standards that have been established and traditionally followed by reputable educational institutions. The rapid growth in…

Are today's college students really educated men and women? Harvard frets that many are not, and proposes reforms. (Editor)

Presents an attempt to continue the process of establishing minimum standards for Theatre Degree Programs in U.S. colleges and universities. (MH)

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,…

The great works of Western civilization, long held up to college students as models of human achievement, are rapidly being replaced by trivia and by multicultural and poststructural studies. With the growth of postmodern studies has come a decline in broad-based core requirements. This paper recommends rooting postmodernism out of the university…

The Tertiary Lead Group in New Zealand created a national qualifications framework to incorporate all types of degrees given by colleges and universities. This report describes the process undertaken, the principles to be considered and the issues to be addressed, the benefits of such a national system, the features and specifications proposed,…