Oregon Colleges Mesh Reforms with Schools'.

Lively, Kit

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ERIC Number: EJ486610

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Oregon Colleges Mesh Reforms with Schools'.

Lively, Kit

Chronicle of Higher Education, v40 n40 pA18-19 Jun 8 1994

In answer to sweeping reform of public schools in Oregon, the state's colleges and universities are adopting proficiency-based admissions, designed to measure how much applicants know instead of how many courses they took in high school. Observers praise the higher education community's cooperative response to school reform efforts. (MSE)

Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Admission, College Applicants, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Public Policy, Public Schools, Statewide Planning

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Oregon

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