A backward look for a forward plan

Abstract

The present demand for trained individuals with good health and surplus energy has placed a new and greater emphasis on all phases of education. In this changed world, we are recognizing the need for reformulating the objectives of our educational system, for considering such departures as, for example, the provision of programs based on the aptitudes of the individual student and terminating when the limits of those aptitudes are reached instead of at four-year intervals. The opinions of some nationally known educators and employers of college graduates are cited in this article, which may be regarded as a straw in the wind.