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

In a survey designed to measure the employment policies of a representative sample of college and university libraries it was found that most academic libraries are willing to hire graduates who have non-accredited master's degrees. (Author/RM)

The classification of degrees is intended to represent student ability in an objective summary form. Since individual institutions' variations may obstruct the assessment process, there may be advantages in assuming stable class averages as standard reference points. (Editor/LBH)

Discusses the English new two-year full-time course in higher education, the Diploma of Higher Education (DIP. H. E.). (PG)

Many Carnegie Commission publications and Christopher Jencks' book "Inequality" concern themselves with the relationship between educational opportunity and socioeconomic status. Though they draw different conclusions, both urge higher education to confront the question of whether academic degrees should certify competence or simply…

Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago has started an interdisciplinary degree program called Education and Experience in Engineering.'' (PG)

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

Associate in General Studies (AGS) is an individualized degree with no course requirements. Results of a student-characteristic survey show that the AGS student is more like his university counterpart than his community college peers. They also belie the assumption that such a program will attract the irresponsible and incapable student. (DC)