'Cliffe Plans Advanced Standing for Next Year

Radcliffe will institute an Advanced Standing program next fall similar to Harvard's, Mrs. Kathryn Elliott, Associate Dean of Instruction, announced yesterday. Radcliffe thus becomes the first women's college in the country to introduce such a program.

"Our program is going to work exactly as it works at Harvard," Mrs. Elliott said. "Any legislation affecting the undergraduate body as Harvard affects the undergraduate body at Radcliffe, since the two institutions are identical educationally."

Six juniors have already been allowed to reduce their degree requirements by one half-course so that they may do individual work this spring. This initial step in Advanced Standing coincides with the announcement made two days ago by Harlan P. Hanson '46, Director of Advanced Standing, concerning a similar program fee ten Harvard juniors.

The full Advanced Standing program at Radcliffe, as well as at Harvard, will start next fall in three parts: advanced placement, sophomore standing, and early admission. A committee consisting of Mrs. Wilma Kerby-Miller, Dean of Instruction, Miss Constance Ballon, Director of Admissions, and Mrs. Elliott will decide which girls will be admitted to these programs.

Freshmen May Advance

Advanced placement, as at Harvard, permits entering students who have done advanced work in secondary schools to take examinations to determine their eligibility for advanced college courses or for individual work in their junior and senior years.

A student who qualifies for advanced placement in three or more subjects may request that she be considered for fall sophomore standing, the second phase of the program. A few juniors in secondary schools, showing superior achievement and maturity, will also be admitted to the freshman class without needing a diploma.

Granting reductions in degree requirements for qualified juniors will also be a regular part of the program, Mrs. Elliott said.