Author argued that private colleges and universities must once again come to prize diverse personality types and abilities other than those measured by quantitative scores. Unless they do so, he suggested they will fail to reflect the values of society and have little influence on its future directions. (Editor/RK)

Slightly more than half of nursing graduate programs are now admitting students whose baccalaureate degree is not in nursing. The institutions provide the students with learning experiences, enabling them to meet both admission and graduation criteria. (Author/BP)

This study looks briefly at work done in the field of teacher selection. It then examines the interviewing arrangements at Balls Park College (Australia) in 1970-71, when candidates were being selected for the teacher training course which began in October 1971. An attempt is made to discern relationships existing among: (1) the data available to…

Bob Jones University, a Fundamentalist religious educational institution, lost its tax exempt status due to its discriminatory admissions policies. (PG)

Article considered the Supreme Court case involving Marco DeFunis, Jr., a student attempting to gain admission to law school, and the discriminatory attitudes of law school admissions officers contrasted with the legal opinion of Justice William O. Douglas. (RK)

With the reduced demand for teachers, some teacher training colleges have implemented a competetive admissions program. As a means of assisting counselors, Likert-type scales were developed to measure the reaction of pre-education students to the admission process. Results indicate such scales can successfully measure student's reaction to this…

A plea is made to develop curriculum guidelines and an accreditation body to evaluate and accredit professional preparation programs in the field. The key to excellence is described in terms of quality programs as related to appropriate curriculum offerings, adequate learning resources, and defined standards of acceptable performance. (Author)

Summarizesundergraduate and graduate physics courses offered in 16 institutions in Scotland, involving course structures, branches of research, admission requirements and o ptional possibilities. The material is useful to physics teachers, career advisors, and students who are interested in the field. (CC)

The American Bar Association (ABA) president notes special moral (professional) responsibilities of college and university attorneys and calls attention to the ABA's Youth Education for Citizenship and its group legal service programs, and the upholding of preferential law school admission to minorities. (JT)

The document offers guidelines for an intake method used by the Kentucky Project for Early Education of Exceptional Children (PEEEC) staff in the placement of a referred child for special education services. Intake procedures are outlined for the following steps: initial referral, initial contact with parent, referral screening recommendations…

As part of a self-evaluation of admissions policies, William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) surveyed the general and specific admissions requirements of 18 comparable community colleges. The survey instrument requested information on general admissions requirements for full- and part-time students; additional requirements for specialized programs;…