KENNESAW JUNIOR COLLEGE, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, HAVING OBSERVED THE PLIGHT OF THE STUDENT WHOSE LOW GPA MADE HIM INELIGIBLE TO RETURN TO HIS SENIOR COLLEGE, FELT THAT THIS GPA WAS INSUFFICIENT REASON TO DENY HIM A SECOND CHANCE. INSTEAD, KENNESAW DECIDED TO JUDGE HIM NOT ONLY BY HIS COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT, BUT ALSO BY HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADES AND HIS…

MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL TRAITS AND SEPARATE FACTORS OF INTELLIGENCE FOLLOWED BY EMPIRICAL COMBINATION OF THESE MEASURES INTO APTITUDE TEST BATTERIES SHOULD BE THE BASIS OF SELECTION OF STUDENTS FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. DURING THE PAST 14 YEARS, TRADE-TECHNICAL COLLEGE HAS DEVELOPED AND VALIDATED SUCH TEST BATTERIES FOR SOME 55 TRADE AND…

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDY THE PROBLEM INVOLVED IN EARLY ADMISSION AND ADOPT A LOCAL POLICY PERMITTING THE ADMISSION OF QUALIFIED PUPILS REGARDLESS OF PRESENT AGE REQUIREMENTS. THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, AFTER AN INITIAL SCREENING OF APPLICANTS, ASSUMED THE COST OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING IN ALL CASES WHERE THE COST OF SUCH…

Intended to provide current information about graduate programs in speech communication to prospective graduate students, teachers, administrators, and counselors, this directory is also useful to speech departments in evaluating or expanding their programs. Information is provided for 279 departments in the following areas: admission…

BOTH THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF DESEGREGATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH IS IMPROVING, ALTHOUGH THE EXTENT OF IMPROVEMENT VARIES ACCORDING TO REGION. AT PRESENT, ABOUT 72 PERCENT OF WHITE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE SOUTH HAVE BEEN DESEGREGATED AND ARE NOW ATTENDED BY A TOTAL OF 10,000 NEGRO STUDENTS. FEWER CHURCH AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS…

In this second edition of a NY State Education Department publication devoted to higher educational opportunity, the title of the newsletter has changed from COLLEGIATE NEWSLETTER ON THE DISADVANTAGED to the EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FORUM. The change reflects more clearly the broader emphasis that should be placed on efforts to extend the reach of…

To examine the use of creativity measures as supplementary, supportive data in college admissions procedures, and to examine the relationships between level of aspiration measures, actual college performance, and creativity measure performance, 18 high- and low-risk freshmen entering Tufts University completed three creativity measures and the…

The number of qualified candidates from which the United States Air Force Academy selects its new cadets each year has decreased to the point where, in the future, every qualified candidate may have to be selected. In addition, the number of cadets dropping out of the Academy program is at an all time high. This study considers the entire…

This reference to colleges in Ontario has been revised as of June 30, 1975. It includes information on: (1) financial assistance to students; (2) students' costs; (3) general information on colleges of applied arts and technology including enrollment, general admission requirements, programs offered, manpower retraining, continuing education…

The development of the University of Washington freshman Admission Index (AI) is reviewed. The AI is a weighted linear combination of a student's overall high school grade point average and test scores from a standard college entrance examination of the verbal-quantitative type. The existing equation for computation of the AI using the Washington…

It is the intent of this report to review the history of the Crucial Issues Project and to summarize the activities of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs and individual NAFSA members as they may relate to concerns raised at the Brainerd, Minnesota meeting in October 1970. Although as many as 12 important issues were identified at…

This study was designed to provide the College of Lake County with data to promote critical thinking and discussion about the revision of the present admission criteria for the practical nursing program. Subjects were the coordinators/directors of the 36 approved schools of practical nursing in Illinois. A letter and a questionnaire comprised of a…

In the spring of 1973, some six years after the 1967 riots and demonstrations, it was thought important to assess what the university/college has done in the past five years since black student numbers have markedly increased. It was decided to have a retrospective look at the nature of higher education's response. Therefore, a conference was…

Listed alphabetically by program title, the information for each public service internship program includes: address and phone number, program director, administering agency, year commenced, interns/fellows per year, objectives of program, program design, scope of placement, sponsors/mentors, scope of recruitment, recruitment strategies, screening…

This document presents various teaching strategies for educators using a physical education curriculum. The study discusses availability of written materials, including journals, computer searches, and conference reports. The future of competency-based teacher education (CBTE) for physical education majors is analyzed, and five inaccurate key…