Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-26
STATE BOARD ADOPTS
STANDARDS FOR COLLEGES
Now Regulations for Virginia Be-
como Effective After 101S-10
Sessions.
OUTLINE DETAILS OF SYSTEM
Board of Education Announces Re-
Quirements for Standard Ameri-
can and Junior Colleges, Which
Have Been Approved.


The Standard American. College. the
regulations for which have just been
adopted by tho state Board of Educa-
ton. is a college with four-year
curriculum with tendency to differcn-
tiatc its parts in such way that the
first two years are a continuation OF.
and supplement, TO. the work OF the
secondary instruction as given In the
high school, while the last two years
are shaped more or less distinctly in
the direction Of special, professional, or
university instruction.
The regulations adopted by the state
Board are as follows
Entrance requirements must be not
less than fourteen standard high school
units, covering four years OF high
school or its equivalent. The compile
ton OF college work amounting to not
less than fifteen siXty-minute class
periods per week through four ses-
sions of at least th!rty-siN weeks each,
that is sixty session hours or 12o
semester hours.
The comforting of multiplicity of
degrees is discouraged. Small insti-
tuttonS should coniine themselves to
one or two. When more than one bac-
calaureate degree is offered all should
be equal in requirements for admis-
sion and for graduation. Institutions
OF limited resources should confne
themselves 10 undergraduate work
The college should maintain at least
arts and science, with not less than
one professor devotiES his whole time
to each department.
BOARD SETS MINIMUM SALARY
FOR MEMBERS OF FACULTY
The minimum scholastic require
mehts OF 20 per cent of the teachers
OF classes in the standard college shall
be graduation from a standard colirre
ano' IN addition, graduate work in :,
university OF recognized standing
amounting TO at least one year. and
the professional requirements Of the
inainlhs 20 per cent OF the faculty shall
ne equivalent 10 the above standard
me average salary paid 10 members
o. the FACULTY IS an important consid-
GRAFTON in determining the standing Of
an institution. The minimum of a fun
professor must be not less than q 5oo
Not more than eighteen hours ner
week shall be required OF any teacher
ii.eeh oeihs recommended as the max
mum The number of students in
eeitatioh or laboratory section should
Is desirable "ui'oeF
Regulations for Junior colleges mr.,
as follows: arc
"a standard junior college is an in.
stitution with curriculum covrriny
~, 49, years OF collegiate work Cat least
g. session hours or the equivalent
IN semester, or term, or Quarter
cFedltS), which is based upon an .c.
ciedited four-year high school 4 ses-
SION hour is defined AS one siSty-minu,o
PERIOD OF class room work in lecture
or recitation for period Of thirtv-six
weeks ''' - SIN
The junior college shall require for
registration as junior collnpc 60
oeht the completion by the s,udcn, os
ieast fourteen units OF standard hjrh
school work. covering four wears a.
secondary work in an accredited b:rh
school or its equivalent
"oHk DISTINGUISHED FROM
THAT OF HIGH SCHOOLS
ne minimum scholastic require
n' .n's oi 30 per cent Of the teachers OF
classes IN the junior college shall ho
graduation from standard coII.rs
ana, In addition, graduate work In .
university OF recognized standin,
uhtihs 10 one year, and the pro-
icsslonal requirements OF the remain
nnn,, 20 per cent or the faculty shall be
equivalent 10 the above standard
The work of the junior colIera rms,
oe organized on collegiate as dis.
tinguished from n high school h,s;s
ColieEe methods and college tex,s ,,,,.,
oe used. 1t shall confer no degree ,rhc
onese should maintain at least nve
departments with a specialiet a., -
head OF each. All Of the wn-L "e
student must he OF junior college rrada
pe,ore he may be classified as a i,rnior
college student. Students repis,nroa
IN nigh schoPl. classes or classes con-
Quoted on hfeh .srhool levels may mot
receive junior college credit. Students
49, IN Junior college class in
nht,h lheFe are enrolled high school
stooents shall not be given fun iunin,.
col!cSe credits for such work .na -,
no case shall the credit thus riven ax
credit. coilese
,.l me teaching schedule of instructors
teaching Junior college classrs go,
he limited TO twenty hours n.r ,,"ii
LOT instructors devoting their wbni.
,'he 10 Junior college classes A;rh,.
hours snail be a maximum THE ,;r,;t
OF the number of students in a rani,n
e.uh or laboratory class in ir,ior
coilege should not be more ,ha, 49,:
No junior college will be '. .ner ,n.r'E,
.ss II mas registration o. twenty
Htuhents with their entire co,,reos =;
the college department III
"s JUNIOR college shall have u.,r,ry
ana laboratory facilities sunici.n,
a'fE on us work in the same man,or
t.,o mou!o ne carried on in tho frst
'"o years OF an accredited s,,nd,,,
college. No junior college VII, b.
rienited by the State Board ~ RAJ,
non when maintained IN connec,,I,,
-. hiHh schoo! or secondary school
unless such school is also acc,edi,sh
''''Ie Soa!d o! Educa ton
me location and construction -, -,
ou'.o,nEs' the lighting. heating ana
ventilation Of the rooms. the nn,nrn any Nv
the laboratories. corridcrs cTos..
er supply school furniture ~
paFa'as' and methods Of cleaning sba1,
oe such as 10 insure hvgl.nja comdi
!or noth students and teachers
IN addition 10 income from ,,,i,io,
ices. room rent boarding haIls ~.
the college should have a produc,i,.o
endowment Of $1,000 or inc on uir.Tf
eht IN assured income The l;h-a-.,
shouin contain. exclusive Of nu,,Iic
documents and periodicals. =. lcns,
WV volumes bearing specifcallv mo,
the subjects taught. and sholii1 49,.
an appropriation OF not less ,ha, s."n
'ou year for permanent additions
me laboratory equipment shonId 30
suncient for all the cxner,r,s,,s
caiied FOR by the courses ofores r. -,
sciences-suffciency 10 he ,n4oeI,ras 49,.
the value Of apparatus and eon,-,r ~
winch should be in chemistry ,n, ~.
man $4,000, in physics no, less 80
5000 and in biology no, les 49,, 49,
$4,000 for the courses USUALLY ona-
IN these subjects in the average s,.,i
da!d college. stan