COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS 291 



Summary 



Number of universities requiring 15 units for admission 25 



Number of universities requiring less than 15 units 13 



Number of universities requiring more than 15 units 5 



Number of universities requiring less than 14 units 2 



* Stars mean options, amount of credit offered not shown. 



t Eeduced to definition of unit. 



t Deficiency of 2 units allowed. 



§ Deficiency of 4 units allowed. 



I! Can postpone foreign language. 



The figures refer to number of units that are offered for entrance. 



This means that the movement of a few years ago to force down into 

 the high school many of the subjects taught in the college must neces- 

 sarily stop ; that while the high school in the larger places may reach up 

 to the fifth or sixth year, yet the college will still be called upon to give 

 instruction in the beginnings of languages and of the sciences to even 

 a greater degree than has been true in the past. If this will change the 

 idea that so many points are required for graduation and that certain 

 credits must be received, for one which will emphasize the thoroughness 

 of preparation and ability to think, the whole educational scheme now 

 existing in America will be materially improved. 



In many of the states there are s} r stems of organization that adapt 

 themselves especially to the maintenance of fixed types of high-school 

 courses, though this is not necessarily true of an administration of the 

 system from a liberal point of view. The more important of the en- 

 dowed colleges have established an examination board, which provides 

 for the presentation of examinations in entrance subjects under uni- 

 form conditions. Such a plan has much to commend it, since the ques- 

 tions set are likely to be worked out carefully and the marking of 

 papers carried on thoroughly and well. Yet it has a tendency to main- 

 tain certain lines of examinations and tends to place emphasis upon the 

 topics specifically called for in examinations. There is, moreover, no 

 public force behind it other than the desire on the part of small groups 

 of students to avail themselves of its facilities to pass entrance require- 

 ments to the schools represented on the examination board. 



The diploma plan of admission, sometimes called the "Michigan 

 system," rests upon the supposition that high schools of certain types 

 are likely to give instruction of uniform value. It has not, however, 

 been accepted by many of the states, since the tendency is to establish, 

 even in those states where the diploma method exists, inspection by per- 

 sons designated by the state universities. This plan has much to com- 

 mend it, and where the inspection is made by some one especially 

 skilled in secondary work, rather than by a group of men from the fac- 

 ulties of the university, it produces good results. 



In other states a high-school board has been established, with the 



