Since credit-by-examination is an intrinsically sound educational device, those who administer it might well take steps to protect it from abuse. Colleges should insist that both content specialists and measurement experts participate in evaluating the tests and the College Entrance Examination Board should revise its procedures so that…

Discusses liberal education today, student participation in decisions affecting curriculum and personnel, and the future for liberal arts eductaion. (PG)

Operative goals are viewed as a function of the various "constraints" that affect the university, with special attention given to the environment-organization interface. Eight major constraints on university goals are identified and briefly discussed. Two general methods of identifying operative goals are suggested. (Editor/PG)

Focuses on future trends in postsecondary education and their implications for institutional planners and researchers. The four projections are: increased enrollment of the nontraditional student, rise of alternative educational institutions, decreased undergraduate vocational preparation, and diminution of compulsory education. (Editor/PG)

This investigation of class size and student evaluations of faculty is based on data for over 4,000 college and university classes on 16 campuses across the country. The data reveal a surprising but definite curvilinear relationship between class size and teacher ratings. (Editor)

Data based on a survey of graduating seniors focuses on the family and interpersonal relationship patterns and career expectations of the class of 1972. It appears that graduating seniors place greater emphasis on work being an integral part of their lives. (Editor/PG)

While college athletics are maintained as an integral part of the educational program for the student-athletes who participate in them, an examination of the practices within the system provides quite a different view. (Editor)

Accrual mobility occurs through evolved jobs in which an employee accrues responsibility beyond normal growth in the job and develops a new position. Individual, organizational, and environmental factors associated with evolved jobs are identified and the theoretical implications of accrual mobility for administrators are discussed. (Author/MLW)

A descriptive study of 29 PhD's whose anticipated academic careers have been disrupted by tenure denial, contract termination, or underemployment is discussed. The subjects' assessments of their situations, their problems, and their coping techniques are described. (Author/MLW)

The problems of creating an operational definition of computer literacy and of determining the role of computers in college curricula are discussed. It is suggested that learning to program computers may not be essential for computer literacy but may yield benefits for general education. (Author/MLW)

The changes that personal computers might bring to student life are examined by analyzing a long-term time-allocation study and individual interviews. The displacement of time from other activities, the purposes of computer use, and the impact of students' social arrangements on computer use are discussed. (Author/MLW)

A survey aimed at defining goals to guide decision making about program priorities and resource allocations is described. A study of Arizona's community colleges indicates that the new approach can be very useful. (Author/MLW)