A description of the College Board's College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) presents a statement of its purpose; its five major objectives; a list of prospective users; the role of colleges, business and industrial organizations, and certification and licensing agencies in determining the nature and character of the program; and a description…

Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) depends upon a structured curriculum made up of sequences of behavioral objectives which the student must master in moving from one level of ability to some subsequent higher level. The curriculum designer has the responsibility of specifying, with varying degrees of exactness, how the typical pupil would…

Papers include: (1) "Does What We Believe Make a Difference in What We Teach, in When We Teach It, and in How We Teach It?" by Vivian M. Culver, (2) "A Program Has a Destination: The Why of Objectives" by Vivian M. Culver, (3) "Organization, Administration, and Curriculum" by Pearl Zemlicka, and (4) "Evaluation of Student Clinical Performance" by…

This document portrays the rationale, scope, and basic assumptions underlying the planning for and coordination of postsecondary education in Michigan. Michigan's postsecondary institutions must address a pluralistic society. In addressing the diverse learning needs of the state's citizens, the primary responsibility of the planning and…

This booklet has been prepared as a guide to evaluation for educational decision-makers. It is intended primarily for administrators although it may be appropriate to other decision-makers as well. The major purpose of this booklet has been to discuss the "what" and why" of evaluation rather than the "how to." After dealing with some basic…

The booklet is designed for teachers who feel a need for background or additional information about career education. In a question and answer format, 20 concerns of career education are briefly discussed. These pertain to curriculum, level of career preparation, the concept of life-long education, the role of industry, and the objectives of…

What general education needs in America is more faculty and administrative support, and a thorough reexamination of the general education component of most postsecondary curricula. General education should provide an academic jointure for affective and cognitive learning so that analysis of feelings, goals, and values could be studied in tandem…

This book examines the external degree in relation to the extremes of attitudes, myths, and data. Emphasis is placed on the emergence of the American external degree, foreign external-degree programs, the purpose of the external degree, the current scene, institutional issues, and problems of general policy. (MJM)

Since mid-1971 the Instructional Objectives Exchange has been engaged in a major effort to develop and disseminate criterion-referenced tests in the fields of reading, mathematics, language arts, and social studies. This paper isolates the chief technical decision-alternatives faced in this project, such as: (1) the optimal number of tests to…

This paper examines common concerns and practices among professional schools and identifies contemporary trends and future directions for professional education. A review of similar studies is undertaken and a summary of the varieties of definitions of "profession" is given. Among the topics considered are professional goals and objectives; the…

This document identifies the values, beliefs, and goals of the P.K. Yonge Laboratory School to serve as guides for the process of development, research, evaluation, and program modification. Statements are grouped to enumerate: (a) general qualities desired for all aspects of school life; (b) the faculty's beliefs about its function in the…

The purposes of the study were to determine what relationships between form and function of educational objectives can be identified in curriculum literature, and what philosophical beliefs in terms of the axiology of curriculum design are compatible with various combinations of form and function of objectives. A search of the literature yielded…

This survey of institutional goals of 12 Montana postsecondary institutions in one of several projects undertaken by the Commission on Post-Secondary Education to gather information on current practices and attitudes among various college constituencies. In this study, a total of 2,600 Montanans--student, faculty, administrators, trustees, and…

This model for evaluating the professional activities of university professors is based on: (1) a systematic process for reporting their activities; and (2) discrepancy evaluation--the comparison of goals and objectives with outcomes. The model assesses a professor's activity in ten categories--teaching; student evaluations; research, creative…

This document presents an overview of the instructional program at Fort Hays Kansas State College. The historical overview concerns present status, the educational task, the general mission of the Regent Institutions, and the instructional mission of FHKSC. Goals and objectives in seven program areas are discussed, including instruction, research,…