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Download full textTaylor, John A. – 2000
In 1998, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools established a fifteen-member Task Force to study the practices and procedures employed in adult degree completion programs. An adult degree completion program is identified as one that is designed especially to meet the needs of the working adult who, having acquired sixty or more…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Bachelors Degrees, College Credits
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)
Schultz, Raymond E. – 1976
The increased interest in lifelong learning has presented a challenge that higher education institutions are meeting with three interrelated developments: New degrees, academic credit for experience, and programs for older people. A variety of new degrees are described, including the extension degree offered to part-time students taking off-campus…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, College Credits, Competency Based Education
