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Download full textGraham, Robert H. – 1974
In recent years a number of institutions have offered the doctoral degree through nontraditional, external programs. The state of Florida has produced a disproportionate number of such graduate programs, including Heed University (Hollywood), Nova University (Fort Lauderdale), and Walden University (Naples). This paper discusses only the Walden…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, External Degree Programs
Peer reviewedMills, Russell; Murphy, Lawrence R. – College Student Journal, 1979
A comparison of graduates of Black Hawk College who transferred to Western Illinois University and those who entered the external Board of Governors degree program show significant differences in age, marital status, and employment. Few transfers considered the external degree program; few external degree enrollees considered transferring.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bachelors Degrees, College Students, Community Colleges
Hansen, Evelyn Unes – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1980
The initiation of an individualized baccalaureate degree at the General College of the University of Minnesota led to an increased burden on the faculty. A study identifying how much "real time" faculty spend in advising, with whom, and on what kinds of activities is presented. (JMF)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Educational Counseling, External Degree Programs, Faculty Advisers
Alliance, an Association for Alternative Degree Programs. – 1989
This report of a conference on distance learning/adult education programs contains the following papers: "Adult Learners, Distance Education, and Technology: It's the Future, but Can We Get There from Here?" (Gulliver, Wright); "Minority Student Response to External Adult Degree Program Education" (Gillett, Sutphin); "Methods in Project…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Degree Requirements, Distance Education
Holm, Shirley M. – 1988
A study sought to determine the rate of retention of adult students in the University of Minnesota College Program for Individualized Learning (PIL) for the 1983-84 academic year, as well as factors that might relate to this retention rate. A review was made of the 67 applications submitted by students admitted to PIL during that year to determine…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Programs, College Programs, Degrees (Academic)
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1980
An examination of the degrees of diversity in off-campus education in California is presented. An off-campus inventory, detailed questions, and questionnaires were sent to the public segments and central offices of the University and State University on a variety of topics including: curriculum; administrative mechanisms; procedures for hiring…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Extension Education
Watkins, Richard W.; Ruyle, Janet – 1977
Specifications for the types of information necessary for the evaluation of nontraditional college programs involve: content, respondent groups, schedule for data collection, possible instruments and forms of response, and presentation of the information to different groups. One important issue is the need for more precise definitions of…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis
