Discusses both the philosophical and practical aspects of the relationship between academic standards and grading procedures, especially in engineering education. Provides numerous statistics on grading trends in higher education. (MLH)

Among the themes of this article were that much talk about standards is shallow and emotive and that teachers need to overcome a historically legitimate but now irrelevant opposition to the notion of the assessment of standards. (Author/RK)

Indicates that the academic and professional training patterns of science writers have changed somewhat in the last decade but that changes center primarily around the extent to which science writers have earned academic degrees and engaged in graduate study. (RB)

Because positive changes in a school's capacity to educate all its students are not automatic, the California Department of Education has launched an educational reform model embodied in a School Improvement Plan (SIP). The model is based on student-centered educational standards (quality criteria) to direct the four SIP processes of planning,…

This publication sets forth quality criteria that describe a high-quality school in the following areas: (1) English/language arts; (2) mathematics; (3) science; (4) history-social science; (5) foreign language; (6) visual and performing arts; (7) vocational-technical education; (8) students' paths through high school; (9) integrated skills; (10)…

If graduate schools taught potential faculty members the facts of professional life beyond classroom teaching and research --such as the standards and principles of the academic profession--many grievances would be prevented from arising. (Editor/PG)

Discusses problems caused by the migration of physicians and, to some degree, dentists and nurses from developing countries to more developed nations having market economics. Issues of quality are raised as are problems caused by the trend of practicing physicians toward greater and greater specialization at the expense of general practice and the…

Regulations governing the certification of teachers, administrators, and other school personnel in the state of Pennsylvania are set forth. (JD)

QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES FROM 17 STATE UNIVERSITIES AND LAND-GRANT COLLEGES IN THE SOUTHERN REGION WERE OBTAINED TO PERMIT COMPARISON OF PRACTICES AND TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EQUITABLE POLICY TOWARD TRANSFER CREDIT ACCEPTANCE AT AUBURN. NINE INSTITUTIONS INDICATED THAT NO WORK COMPLETED IN A TERMINAL-TECHNICAL PROGRAM IN A JUNIOR COLLEGE…

A COOPERATIVE EFFORT TO FORMULATE A POLICY STATEMENT IS REPORTED WHICH WOULD GIVE DIRECTION TO LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN IDENTIFYING THE PUPILS OF HIGH ABILITY, IN PLANNING WORTHY ACTIVITIES, AND IN ADMINISTERING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. HIGH ABILITY WAS DEFINED TO ENCOMPASS ALL KINDS OF POTENTIAL ABILITY, BOTH GENERAL AND SPECIFIC, WHICH RISE ABOVE…

The report established the need for educational accreditation and consolidates the various means of achieving accreditation that are available to the Armed Forces, into one accessible reference. The scope of each accrediting method is presented in detail, allowing educational officials to evaluate the methods in respect to their individual…

In general, there is little uniformity in the response of the states to the prolem of regulating the quality of accredited higher education. States' statutory schemes vary from absence of any mention of higher education to far-reaching legislation that assumes vast powers over higher education. The pattern that does emerge from an examination of…

A questionnaire was sent to music administrators at 275 institutions of higher education that are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and responses have revealed an inconsistency in music admission practices. The predominant policy combines music and academic requirements, but some institutions have separate music --or only…