Discusses the fact that American higher education is an elitist system based on hierarchical selective admissions. (MLH)

Discusses some of higher education's efforts to organize instructional resources to support, facilitate, and improve faculty teaching. Describes one program with four functions: examination services, placement and proficiency assessment, course and instructor evaluation, and instructional research. (MLH)

Discusses educational methods that increase the engineering student's awareness of social problems and culture; includes individualized programs, staff training, non-traditional instructional approaches, and humanizing educational environment. (MLH)

Describes a teaching method called Announced Repetitive Tests, in which students are allowed a number of times to master test questions similar to ones assigned as homework. (MLH)

Describes an advanced undergraduate materials science course in which each student conducts two independent laboratory projects and is required to submit a formal lab report at the end of each project. (MLH)

Discusses problems of teaching by PSI (Personalized System of Instruction), including costs, student procrastination, excessive grading, and demands on faculty time. (MLH)

Describes a computerized evaluation procedure in which faculty members select from an item bank those items on which they will be rated by their students. (MLH)

Comparison of self-concept scores of groups of both engineering and speech communications students before and after a course in their corresponding subjects showed that the speech students underwent a positive change in self-concept whereas the engineering students were unchanged. (MLH)

Discusses the uses of student evaluations of teacher effectiveness, including validity and reliability procedures, and items for possible inclusion in the instrument. (MLH)

Discusses how to design a large exam question file for any discipline and how to use this file to extract examinations. (MLH)

This study analyzes the characteristics of industry-education advisory councils representing technical education programs in New York State and develops recommendations concerning the factors that contribute to more favorable organization and operation of those councils. (BB)

This article shows how different methods of combining test scores can lead to different grade evaluations for some students. Some methods are more reliable than others. (BB)

The use of graphic art illustrations will prove to be a significant improvement in meeting the criteria for effective programed instruction. (BB)

Practicing engineers find that much technical writing is done in small groups. A course is described which gives students such group technical writing experience. (BB)

An engineering ethics course is described which utilizes laboratory exercises to bring students into more intimate contact with their profession. (BB)