Author: Benjamin Francis Andrews

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 1074

ISBN-13: 9781528444385

Excerpt from Registration and Student Records for Smaller Colleges Some small colleges have developed similar records, but many of them still tolerate very rudimentary systems of registration, or per haps no system at all, depending Wholly for knowledge of the standing of former students upon the memory of some overworked member of the faculty, reenforced perhaps by a few cryptic marks preserved in old lodgers or on loose and scattered sheets of paper. A few institu tions where such slipshod methods prevail realize the importance of keeping accurate records, but do not know of what these should con sist or what forms have been found most convenient for entering and for subsequent reference. Others have not yet perceived the value of the operations of the registrar. Two paramount reasons may be cited for the keeping of adequate and systematic records. First, the college owes it to students who may transfer to another institution or who may later refer to their alma mater for statements of their character and academic achieve ments. Second, no institution may be sure of itself, of the honesty and consistency with which it maintains its standards, of the trend of its academic policies, unless all data bearing on these matters are immediately and fully recorded. Faculties are generally humane, they tend to make exceptions. The multitude of exceptions sometimes nullifies the rule. If an institution is to know whether its rules or the exceptions are really the rule, the facts must be put down in the rec ords where they can not be forgotten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.