Status of the Physical Education Required or Instructional Programs in Four-Year Colleges and Universities

Abstract The purpose of this study was to determine the status of the required physical education program for men and women in the four-year colleges and universities of the United States as of June 1958, with respect to the areas covered by the Washington Conference on Physical Education. Tabulated data represent replies from 168 department chairmen, in most instances. The findings show that practices related to philosophy and objectives, administration, program, and evaluation in different types of colleges and universities are usually quite similar. When chi square was used to test 37 null hypotheses only four significant differences were discovered. It appears, therefore, that the principles developed at the Washington Conference seem to apply to all four-year college required programs of physical education.