The Journal of Higher Education - Volume IV - Issue 5 - Professional Journal

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The Journal of Higher Education (Ohio State University) presents a professional overview of higher education’s instructional, administrative, personnel, and curricular challenges in the United States. Edited by W. W. Charters with an extensive editorial and associate editorial staff, it publishes investigations and reports based on significant research summaries. This issue includes articles such as Can Education Be Humanly Justified? and discussions on university preparation, freshman counseling, and reducing student withdrawals, reflecting the journal’s recurring mission of scholarly and practical guidance.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages68

Reading Time2 h 51 min

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Can Education Be Humanly Justified?

The University as Preparatory

An Experiment in Freshman Counseling

Reducing Withdrawals

Contents (Continued)

Curriculum Surveys in Higher Education

The Reporter

Editorial Comments

Reviews

In the Lay Magazines

The JOURNALFHICHEREDUCATION 359 $3.00 a yearTHE·OHIO·STATE·UNIVERSITY | The JOURNAL OF
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VOLUME IV
1933
NUMBER 5 | | --- | W.W.CHARTERS,Editor F.LoRD,Business Assistant W.C.BAGLEY J.C.CHRISTENSENALGERNON COLEMANWILLIAM LLOYD EVANSCHRISTIAN GAUSSESTHER ALLEN GAW M.E.HAGGERTY H.E.HAWKESHENRYW.HOLMESCHARLES W.HUNT H.C.HORACK DOUGALD C.JACKSONFRED J.KELLYARTHUR J.KLEIN A.C.KREY L.C.MARSHALL J.P.MITCHELL n HE JoURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION is published toserve as the professional journal of the sixty-seventhousand instructors and administrative officers in thecolleges,universities,and professional schools of the UnitedStates.Among the associate editors there are representativesfrom every department of academic responsibility in highereducation.With their assistance the editorial staff seeks ninetimes a year to bring to its constituency reports of the mostsignificant investigations in the instructional,administrative,personnel,and curricular problems in all branches of highereducation. EDITORIAL STAFF J.MACATCLE Asisam aditors ASSOCIATE EDITORS THOMASV.MOORESHELTON PHELPSWILLARD C.RAPPLEYEFLOYD W.REEVESPETER SANDIFORDCARL E.SEASHOREJOHN SHAPLEYLOUISE STANLEY E.N.TRANSEAU B.L.ULLMANLUTHER WEIGLEERNEST H.WILKINSJESSE FEIRING WILLIAMS C.C.WILLIAMSONJAMES M.WOODGEORGE A.WORKS C.S.YOAKUM # CAN EDUCATION BE HUMANLY JUSTIFIED? J.EDGAR PARK 223 President Park,of Wheaton College,Norton,Massachusetts,summarices here the items inan imagery report appraising higher educaion presented by a commission of laymenappointed to consider the matter. RALPHWALDO NELSON 234 THEAETETUS PH.D. The author—head of the Department of Philosophy at Phillips University,Enid,Oklahoma--proposes that the Ph.D.be regarded as a teacher's certifcate for the college professor andthat a new course be devised eithout academic restrictions or monetary promise for thevigorous minds who will find that learning is its own reward. # THE UNIVERSITY AS PREPARATORY LouIs F.HILLMAN 24I The present vocations of more than four thousand graduates of Indiana University arechecked against their undergraduate majors and minors as a measure of evaluating universitytraining.The author,formerly Professor of Education and Director of Teacher Training,Hanover College,has summarized his Doctor's thesis in this article. # AN EXPERIMENT IN FRESHMAN COUNSELING W.H.CowLEY 245 The collegiate records of the members of the freshman foozball A squad are noticeablyimproved by the counseling efforts of the members of the Physical Education Depariment,Ohio State University.The author of the article is an Assistant Editor of this“Journal”and Research Associate in the Bureau of Educational Research. # REDUCING WITHDRAWALS IvAN A.BooKER 249 Mr.Booker,assistant director of the Research Division of the National Education Asso-ciation,recounts here a number of commendable procedures which are used in variousinstitutions of higher learning in the attempt to correct student maladjustment. [Continued on Next Page] # CONTENTS(Continued) CURRICULUM SURVEYS IN HIGHER EDUCATION L.E.BLAUCH The Executive Secretary of the Survey of the Dental Curriculum appointed by the AmericanAssociation of Dental Schools briefly reviews here nineteen curriculum surveys which havebeen made in different portions of the area of higher education. 261 WITH THE TECHNICIANS Psycholo gical examination,distribuion of students time,open season for professors,ratingpsychologists,the improvement of examinations,university placement,extension classes. THE REPORTER 267 New college houses at Yale,co-operative dormitory at Wellesley,voluntary reduction ofsalaries at Johns Hopkins,fve-day session for alumni at Smith,Institute for Social Progressat Wellesley,summer schools at University of Chicago and at Yale,Dartmouth InternationalWorld Peace Group,experimental changes in admissions,students'rights,courses for

FAQs

What is the purpose of The Journal of Higher Education in this issue?

The journal is presented as a professional forum for reporting significant investigations and guidance across instructional, administrative, personnel, and curricular problems in higher education.

Who serves as editor and what is the supporting editorial structure?

W. W. Charters is listed as editor, with additional business support and a group of associate editors providing coverage across academic departments and responsibilities.

What topics are covered by the main articles listed in the contents?

The contents highlight issues such as human justification for education, the university’s role in preparation, freshman counseling, and procedures for reducing student withdrawals.

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