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Guenther, Ronald N. – 1969
This study proposed a graduate curriculum for the preparation of community college chief administrators. The proposal was based on research findings obtained from four major sources: selected educational literature; descriptions of existing programs in selected colleges and universities; queries of board presidents of selected community colleges…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrators, Credentials, Degrees (Academic)
Download full textFletcher, Marjorie Amos, Comp. – 1972
The present documents offers a 78-item annotated bibliography on the topic of nontraditional studies and special degree programs. The bibliography grew out of an interest in published materials on various ways of meeting the special learning needs of adults. Materials included are essays, speeches, magazine articles, and reports of persons who…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Credentials, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic)
Gould, Samuel B. – 1972
This paper, as the title suggests, presents a discussion of the dangers and possibilities of the external degree. There are 8 major dangers that widespread offering of external degrees might precipitate: (1) the deterioration of standards rather than quality education; (2) a proliferation of degrees that might debase the degree; (3) the use of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Credentials, Degree Requirements
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. – 2003
This document presents the data on degrees and certificates earned at the University of Hawaii Community Colleges during fiscal year 2001-02. The data presented are for the following community colleges: (1) Windward; (2) Hawaii; (3) Honolulu; (4) Kapi'olani; (5) Kaua'i; (6) Leeward; and (7) Maui. The data are presented in the format of tables and…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Credentials, Degrees (Academic)
Peer reviewedSnell, Joel C.; And Others – College Student Journal, 1977
In this article, the contradictions of the Ph.D. are reviewed. It is suggested that there be numerous levels of degrees. Social change is outlined that would reward not only undergrads, but graduate students, and those now holding the Ph.D. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Graduates, Credentials, Degrees (Academic)
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1994
Senate Bill 156 of 1989 established the "Teacher Assistant, Associate of Arts" degree program in the California Education Code as a new offering of the California Community Colleges. It funded the creation of the program by two community colleges in different regions of the State, and it directed the California Commission on Teacher…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Community Colleges, Credentials, Degrees (Academic)
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. Task Force on Educational Credit and Credentials. – 1978
Fifteen recommendations, based on a two-year study, are presented on the credit and credential system in postsecondary education. Objectives are to increase the awareness of employers and those concerned with postsecondary education of the educational and social significance of credentialing educational accomplishment and to help institutions…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Students, Articulation (Education), College Credits
