College Is Not for Everyone [microform] / Benjamin H. Alexander
- Bib ID:
- 5434650
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Alexander, Benjamin H
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1983
- 9 p.
- Summary:
-
College is a place for students who really want to earn an education--that is, for students willing to move toward academic excellence and to excell. Lowering standards for any ethnic group dooms that group to the "junk heap of no success." Today, at great cost to the nation, America keeps too many students who are not university material in the university. The public bears 67 percent of the cost of instruction for the 10 percent of students who should not be matriculating. This amounts to a massive taxpayer subsidization of such students. While institutions of higher learning should be relatively flexible in their admission policies, they should also provide a vigorous remediation program and demand high levels of academic performance in all classes. Today's educators must say no to academic permissiveness; they must not graduate inferior students who cannot compete. "Late bloomers" may need more than 4 years to complete their college work. This, however, is a small price to pay for a lifetime of competency. In addition to removing students who do not belong at college or university, administrators must see that education becomes more cost effective and efficient. To be efficient, managers must streamline operations and be willing to delegate responsibility and/or to fire personnel if necessary. (RH)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the meeting of the National Forum on Excellence in Education (Indianapolis, IN, December 6-8, 1983).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1983
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- The prediction of adult creative achievement from childhood measures: A longitudinal study in Australia, 1960-1983 (ttct) [microform]
- A multi-method study of brim's age-related personality change hypotheses with late adolescent and adult students in a college setting [microform]
- Pre-school screening for exceptional education needs in a large urban setting [microform]
- Educazione discorso politico
- A multidimensional approach to a theory of parent behavior [microform]