Suggests that regional accrediting agencies grant degrees to students who have completed the requisite number of hours at a variety of qualified institutions. (AD)

It is proposed that a national examination be used as the standard for awarding degrees to persons attending insitutions of higher learning. (CK)

Continues a debate begun at the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA) concerning whether a novel should count as a doctoral dissertation for students in education. Contains introductory remarks by the moderator, Robert Donmoyer, and an extended debate among presenters and audience members at the 1994 and 1996…

The Sociology/Anthropology Articulation Committee has engaged in a project resulting in tandem reports for each of the respective disciplines, which identify flexible pre-majors for both Sociology and Anthropology and summarize the specific types of courses that must be taken by students to allow them to transfer into the third year of a major. A…

Over the last decade the proportion of students in higher education obtaining aggregate marks over 60 per cent has steadily increased. Whilst standards of learning and teaching may have improved due to the existence of quality assurance agencies and the efforts of individual higher education institutions a significant factor remains that could…

This theoretical paper examines current practice in work-based studies where recognition of prior unaccredited work is normally limited to around 50% of the total programme. The basis of this limiting concept is challenged and consideration is given to a number of factors that have contributed to it. Comparison is made with the current practice of…

This paper examines history as a general education requirement in postsecondary institutions. General education tries to present a basic core of knowledge which is fundamental to all educated men and women. Research regarding goals for required general education and history reveals that a statement of goals is almost always couched in value terms.…

This report describes the organization, purposes, and functions of the Commission, which include representatives from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. In September 1968, the first regional conference for state leaders of community colleges was held to discuss…

Studied concerning the methods of establishing equivalences between degrees and diplomas in six countries; Czechoslovakia, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom, and the United States are reviewed. An appraisal of the methods of establishing equivalences between degrees and diplomas…

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…

A capsule history of teacher preparation programs compares such preparation to that of other professions and reveals that education has been dramatically outstripped in requiring high standards of performance by practitioners. (JD)

The University of Massachusetts-Amherst department of sociology offers a unique graduate program with faculty and students working together to produce mutually-authored articles, monographs, and books. Many doctoral dissertations are on applied topics in social policy and evaluation research. Graduates have been well placed in academia and other…

Moving from a consideration of the purposes and requirements of doctoral programs in general, the author focuses on discipline-oriented degrees and presents the goals and characteristics of the doctor of industrial technology program at the University of Northern Iowa. (SK)