The American higher education system is the finest in the world. Students from across the globe continue to flock to American universities, while the competition among U.S. students for slots at these elite schools is tougher than ever. There are cracks in the fiscal foundations of higher education, however, and they are growing wider. The costs…

This evaluation assesses the Alternative Route to Licensure (ARL) program of the Clark County School District (CCSD), in Clark County, Nevada from the program participants' perspectives. The program was implemented to reduce teacher shortages in the school district and allow persons with non-education-related Bachelor's Degrees to obtain teaching…

The State of Florida has been challenged to keep up with the demand for baccalaureate degree production for more than half a century. Fueled first by veterans of World War II and the Korean Conflict, and later by significant and sustained population growth over many decades, Florida's postsecondary infrastructure has struggled to keep pace with…

In 1969 the Dean of the School of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan appointed an ad hoc committee to study the possibility and plausibility of establishing a Bachelor of General Studies degree. After careful consideration of the curricula offered in the school, it was recommended that (1) the Bachelor of Science…

The National Association of Schools of Music makes recommendations to the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the National Council for Accreditation for Teacher Education concerning music curricula. Outlined are the requirements for admission to curricula leading to the baccalaureate, general requirements for graduating from…

The 2-year Associate of Science (A.S.) degree is normally awarded for nontransferrable degree completion. The author discusses methods to offer A.S. students opportunities to obtain a bachelor's degree. (PG)

This paper disputes the notion that an advanced degree is required for all work in the field of psychology and suggests that those with a bachelor's degree in the field are employed in many areas where they use their training, but are not called psychologists. Another effect has been that industry and government offer few jobs to psychology…

Reviews current degree structures and suggests criteria that might be used to test innovative activity or structural reform. (HS)

New criteria for conferring degrees are proposed. (HS)

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)