September 21, 1983
As members of usc's peer-counseling program, the students are hired and paid by the university's admissions office, but they work under the direction of the college advisers in the high schools.
Allen W. Gottfried and Kay Bathhurst began testing 130 middle-class children when the children were one year old. At six-month intervals, the researchers administered a series of tests, including a standardized test of intelligence, and recorded which hand the children used to draw the response.
More than 224,603 new jobs will be created in firms of all sizes for graduates of vocational schools and community colleges, according to a survey by the group. The projections also indicate the industry's need for more workers with bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees.
The public-interest group filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the New York, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Detroit school boards. The suit asks that the court issue a preliminary order blocking the regulation, and that the Secretary of Agriculture complete a study on the verification process and accept public comment on it before imposing the regulation.
Sources say Daniel Oliver has been shifted from his position as general counsel in the Education Department to the staff of the White House.
Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell reportedly fired Mr. Oliver, who is said to be in the conservative wing of the Republican Party, for criticizing the Secretary's policies, according to the sources. The Secretary is said to have been particularly disgruntled over disparaging remarks reportedly made by Mr. Oliver about him to White House staff members.
The 24-member commission--jointly sponsored by the state board of education and the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals--called for lengthening the school year from 180 days and 900 hours to 200 days and 1,000 hours; upgrading college-admission requirements to include "basic proficiency in reading, writing, mathematics, and foreign languages;" and establishing minimum standards for high-school graduation that would include four years of language arts (in English, literature, writing, and communications), at least two years of mathematics, two years of science, three years of social studies, and one-half year of computer studies.
About 20 children between the ages of 7 and 12 have already been identified, according to Lynne V. Feagans, one of the two researchers. She said the study will involve about 45 students with "indeterminant" reading problems.