This study evaluates two recommendations regarding non-resident students, which called for: (1) increased fees for non-resident students, and (2) adoption by California of a residency policy which requires residence as a non-student for six months before student residency status is granted. The report begins with a summary of the study method, the…

Information is provided on private schools for emotionally disturbed children, located in New England and elsewhere in the East. For each school, the entry states approximate enrollment, type of school, and age range accepted. For each, the following are also described: program, curricula, criteria for rejecting applicants, types of children…

The enrollment of superior high school students in college credit courses at the junior college level is considered in this report. Useable responses to a questionnaire sent to 113 community-junior colleges in seven mid-American states were received from 62 of 84 public and 13 of 29 private institutions. Five states--Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,…

This paper focuses on two things: (1) the current status of the literature related to the standards for admissions, selective retention, and student involvement in program development and evaluation, and (2) identified areas in need of additional research in relation to these same three areas in the standards. Various topics included in the first…

The report provides information concerning the variety and content of secondary social studies electives in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The main goal of the report is to encourage the exchange of ideas and curriculum information among educators. Questionnaires, inquiring about the social studies curriculum for grades 7-12, were mailed to the…

This paper examines the relationship between the accreditation of teacher education institutions and performance-based teacher education. After a brief historical review, the author discusses four basic accreditation problems: (a) the need to allow for institutional differences; (b) the need to base decisions on substance rather than on form, (c)…

Project GO (Generating Opportunities) established at Colorado State University in 1968, attempts to meet the academic and financial needs of financially disadvantaged students. This study was designed to produce comparative descriptive data on Project GO and regularly admitted CSU freshmen samples and to evaluate the efficiency of traditional…

Minority access to higher education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts falls short of its obligation by nearly 8,000 students. One barrier to minority student access is the location of the state colleges and community colleges, most of which are removed from urban centers where minority populations are concentrated. However extra effort,…

This document presents the guidelines for the Undergraduate Preparation of Educational Personnel (UPEP) program. Although the program has been cancelled, it states that the guidelines could serve as a model for later federal, state, or local programs and that the analysis of what is wrong with American teacher education is still viable. The UPEP…

The continued expansion of mass higher education and the increased number of programs waiving traditional admissions criteria have resulted in a reevaluation of college admissions practices. Significant debate focuses on the implications of open admissions programs and the need for new forms of higher education to serve a more diverse population.…

In December 1963, President James A. Perkins established the Committee on Special Educational Projects (COSEP), which was to recommend and initiate programs through which Cornell University could make a larger contribution to the education of qualified students who have been disadvantaged by their economic, cultural, and educational environments.…

Little information is available concerning the validity of the Admission Test for Graduate Study in Business as a predictor of grades in graduate business programs, despite its use for 15 years. The overall pattern of data suggests that the ATGSB is not a strong predictor of graduate business GPA. Four of the 8 studies reviewed showed low…

This directory is designed to help people locate job and vocational-technical training and education in New Jersey which require less than a baccalaureate degree for completion. Part I is an alphabetical listing of job or occupational titles, derived from the programs offered in New Jersey's public and private institutions. The names of the…

The significant aspects of tests administered to entering freshmen of the University of Wisconsin--Madison are summarized. Information is proved on 11 instruments which appear on the University of Wisconsin--Madison New Freshmen Profile, 1972 form. The test forms, time limits, number of items, scoring formulas, types of scores, and item content…

This volume of abstracts of child day care facility licensing requirements is intended to serve as an introduction to selected aspects of the licensing process within the several states by reviewing (1) the various definitions of day care facilities in the jurisdictions covered, and (2) the prescribed regulations established by the states to…