{"product_id":"2940017129654","title":"Problems of secondary education","description":"Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.\u003cbr\u003eThis is an OCR edition with typos.\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt from book:\u003cbr\u003em To the Chairman of a Committee on College Admissions: Ever since you were given your present responsible position as chairman of the committee on admissions you have realized, of course, with increasing anxiety, the state of dissatisfaction that has existed with regard to college admission programs, both as constituted and as administered. In the pressure that has been brought to bear upon you and your committee there has been, at times, an element of unfairness, since your position obliges you to conform to certain standards that have been imposed upon you by the institution as a whole, and also by traditions which you do not feel yourselves able to change. In another letter, addressed to the president of your institution, I have discussed at some length certain general matters of policy underlying the relationships existing between the secondary schools of America and the higher institutions of learning. There are a few considerations which might well be called also to your attention in your present position, because it is certain that you can use your influence to effect changes which, even now, would be of considerable help. These suggestions are made with a full realization of the marked developments and changes which have recently taken place in the field of college admissionrequirements. For example, it is recognized that throughout the South and West, and to some extent in the East, the system of admission on certificate has tended to replace the system of admission upon the passing of certain written examinations. Admission on certificate certainly impresses the public as being a more equitable method than admission by examination. Again, it is noteworthy that in institutions willing as yet to admit only on examination, and in cases where certification is n...","brand":"Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton Mifflin company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153580441840,"sku":"2940017129654","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940017129654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}