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Student criticism of traditional term paper assignments and their recommendations for a relevant" assignment led to a satisfactory creative project, reflecting the life and times of imaginary characters in history. (JB)

The preparation and sale of term papers involves an exchange of ideas arguably protectable under the first amendment. (Author/PG)

The use of film making by college students, instead of term paper writing, to understand sociological ideas and the implications of role behavior is examined. The technical art of film making, equipment, and production costs are provided. (DE)

Field work is an important but often neglected facet of undergraduate geography training. Kinds of field work and field training are analyzed including selection of study areas and camp site selection. A two week field camp with deferred papers is a workable solution for undergraduate programs. (NH)

An alternative method of evaluating the candidate in the British university examination procedure is presented. (PG)

The development of microform, instant retrieval systems and portable readers may profoundly change the world of libraries and patterns of reading and study. (Editor/PG)

Research shows that a relationship bordering on separatism exists between those who teach and those who practice journalism in America. A 1972 AEJ Convention Report. (Author/RB)

Teachers colleges are faced with making an important decision: what direction should they consider for the insurance of their futures? Author presents suggestions for colleges of education and their administration. (RK)

Survey concludes that with a continuing growth in the number of stock holders, interest in business news and market quotations will increase. (RB)

Discusses legal actions taken in Wisconsin and California against the public sale of term papers. Requests the academic community to take the responsibility of helping students in acquiring a constructive view of education. (CC)

Concludes military officers had less favorable attitudes than civilians did concerning the right to publish "military" news, but few officers saw harm in the publication of the Pentagon Papers. (RB)

This issue of the Ohio State Law Journal is devoted to a symposium on the role of professional education in the contemporary university. The first paper: "The Place of Professional Education in the Life of the University," by Edward H. Levi argues for the need for more professional training in the undergraduate years. The second paper: "The Teaching and Research Missions of the University Professional School," by James C. Kirby, Jr. discusses the need for greater flexibility in legal education and curricular reform, and for more extramural research. The third paper "The Clinical Component in University Professional Education," by William Pincus deals first with clinical education and the university, and second with clinical legal education and the law school. The last paper: "The Role of the Universities in Continuing Professional Education," by Norris Darrell argues that the responsibility for continuing professional education must be shared by the professional associations and the professional educational institutions. Each of the papers is followed by a number of comments. (AF)

This paper attempted to give a survey based largely on unpublished American material (research and conference reports, working papers, etc.), of efforts made in the US to throw light on the demand for higher education and to find criteria for university planning. (Author/RK)

Author is a member of the James Committee which authored the James Report in Educational Planning Paper No. 1, Teacher Education and Training" and Paper No. 2, Student Numbers in Higher Education in England and Wales." (MB)

This paper, based on a Society for College and University Planning conference, outlines some of the alternatives and procedures for effective utilization, modernization, and renovation of existing space at institutions of higher education. Various options to alleviate the need for new campus construction are presented with examples of implementation. (MJM)

This paper, adapted from a Society for College and University Planning conference, discusses cost simulation models in higher education. Emphasis is placed on the art of management, mini-models vs. maxi-models, the useful model, the reporting problem, anatomy of failure, information vs. action, and words of caution. (MJM)

Workshop reports of 35 committees meeting at the Conference on College Composition and Communication are included. Nine reports discuss types of composition courses or programs which emphasize either rhetoric, literature, language, or communication. Five reports discuss the needs of and programs established for special students--superior, culturally disadvantaged, and adult students, as well as students needing remedial help. Other reports examine (1) advanced composition for prospective college, secondary, and elementary teachers, (2) types of papers assigned in composition courses, (3) teaching machines, (4) teaching composition to large numbers, (5) advanced placement programs, (6) areas and problems in administering freshman programs, (7) linguistics and the teaching of composition, (8) English teacher preparation, (9) maintaining proficiency in writing after the freshman course, and (10) teaching English as a second language. (BN)

Colleges and universities are showing signs of being affected by an emerging ethical crisis (misrepresentation of the job market to graduates, term paper companies, misallocations in financial aid); the needed cure seems to be in better conceptual organization of higher education institutions. (Author/PG)

This paper describes the development of a new technique to assess clinical problem solving skills in medical students. The procedure enables each step in the solution of clinical problems to be evaluated independently by providing feedback to students at each decision point. (Editor)

This paper has several interrelated themes: (1) broad intellectual freedom is basic to the cultural advancement of society; (2) academic freedom is an essential ingredient of academic excellence; and (3) public philanthropy is the foundation of intellectual and academic freedom. (Author/PG)

Analyzes the background behind the application of the state action doctrine to a state school newspaper and analyzes the results of such application on a paper's obligation to accept advertising. (Author)

This paper, directed to teachers and students of educational economics, presents the results of a study of the rate of return on undergraduate education at the University of Bradford, United Kingdom, and compares these results with returns calculated independently for the U.K. university system as a whole. (Author/DN)

This paper examines the characteristics of student workers, the types of structures for supervising student field experience are noted, supervisory functions are suggested, and the potentials of good supervision are summarized. (Author)

This paper describes the career planning program developed at the University of Oregon. The approach provides increased services with a negligible increase in budget by utilizing graduate practicum students as personnel. (PC)

Shows that alternative newspapers can be just as responsible in reporting the news as establishment papers. (RB)

Differences in crowd estimates at 1965 and 1967 anti-war demonstrations as reported by dove and hawk papers stem from the use of different sources. (RB)

Results support the hypothesis that foreign affairs issues decided the outcome of the 1972 Presidential election and even in papers which endorsed George McGovern the editorials on foreign affairs favored Richard Nixon. (RB)

The handbook is a text and organizational framework for developing and teaching a graduate level course on state geography. This paper describes how the handbook can be used in a geography course for teacher education. (Author/RM)

This paper considered the usefulness of the preponderantly 'manpower requirements' premises relied upon by the Committee, judgments made about present and prospective distribution of education among different age groups and status levels in Sweden and some implications of proposals for spatial and administrative reorganization of higher education. (Author/RK)

Paper describes a method of estimating the theoretical area of undergraduate laboratories and associated ancillary accomodation required by departments in relation to specific levels of student enrollment and course teaching structures. (Author)

This paper reports an attempt to determine experimentally if the use of a textbook for reference during examinations, along with requiring test performance to a criterion, facilitates learning and retention. (JH)

This paper suggests to those who have a genuine desire to effect change in higher education some ways of thinking and acting that they may find useful and urges further dialogue about strategy and approach to needed innovation generally. (Author)

Using IBM's EPIC:SOCRATES as a vehicle, this paper examines the general work flow of a master schedule generator, the required and optional data necessary to drive such a system, the human methodology of linking data and controlling the system, and the actual algorithmic approach used by the computer. (Author)

This paper compares academic achievement of the University of Calgary undergraduate population with that of transfer students from Alberta community colleges for 1968-1972. Results indicate that transferring students do not succeed academically as well as the total university student population. (Editor/PG)

Paper discusses the philosophy of computer-furthered instruction (CFI) and the design of a particular CFI system used in the required undergraduate course in probability theory and statistics taught in the school of Business at the University of Kansas. (Author)

This paper explores the relationship between different types of college orientation programs and the students' subsequent integration into the school's academic and non-academic environments. (RWP)

This paper traces the history and growth of air photo interpretation and remote sensing within the field of geography. Courses offered in these fields, factors influencing growth, research findings, and professional geographic interest are discussed. (JH)

This paper represents the "first report" of a project designed to examine the "efficiency" of the first year economics course at Queen's University, Canada. The aim of this report is to identify and quantify the factors that account for student performance. Construction of the research and a discussion of other research findings are included. (Author/JH)

This paper considers several opportunities for research on the means of relating investment in higher education more closely to widely expressed desires for faster economic growth and for greater equity in educational opportunity. It does this against a background of policy issues related to growth and equity among income groups common to the current debates in the United States and Britain. (Editor)