John E. Bennett
Florida Atlantic University

Abstract: The effects of integration in two large elementary schools are reported. In the first year blacks showed severe drops in reading and mathematics. Whites showed less overall decline. The subsequent year scores for both black and white pupils showed a rebound. Integration appeared to be more disruptive to blacks than to the whites.

Citation: Bennett, J. E. (1974). The effects of integration on achievement in a large elementary school. Florida Journal of Educational Research, 16(1), 12-15.

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Kent D. Beeler
Eastern Michigan University

Abstract: The number, location, and characteristics of two-year colleges that had elevated to four-year status during the past decade was reviewed. Data were gathered from the annual issues of the Education Directory, Higher Education prepared by the U.S. Office of Education. A total of 70 institutions were involved in upward academic moves with the annual average of seven in substantial agreement with similar studies previously reported in the literature. A decreasing percentage of two-year colleges, of the total eligible, were involved yearly. Institutional characteristics church-affiliation, enrollment of under 500, and lack of regional accreditation were present in a higher proportion than found generally in all two-year colleges during the same period. It was concluded that the frequent allegations that the two-year college is an unstable format and has a propensity to seek transformation to a four-year status are inaccurate and have become even more so in recent years.

Citation: Beeler, K. D. (1974). Vertical extension of two-year colleges a ten year survey: 1964-1974. Florida Journal of Educational Research, 16(1), 86-100.

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