The bulletin of Empire State College, New York's non-residential college, describes the organization of the decentralized college, its educational philosophy and innovative educational program. The College's plan calls for a network of regional learning centers located within reasonable commuting distance for most New York state residents.…

This booklet is the second in a series of annual publications that list and describe a wide array of promising and innovative educational practices in hopes of stimulating the development of alternative educational delivery systems and strategies involving students, teachers, administrators, and parents. Included in the booklet are brief…

Describes an experimental Perceptual Motor Skills Program being used in Florissant, Missouri, for students in grades K-1. (JG)

Due to the financial constraints facing Indian education, innovative and noninstitutional methods of imparting instruction must be developed, such as, correspondence courses, continuing education, technical education, and redevelopment of existing resources. (Author/PG)

Common College serves the San Francisco bay area with an enrollment of excollege students and housewives. This experimental school makes connections between students' interests and opportunities by arranging classes, tutorials, and apprenticeships. It stresses work, travel, and time alone. (Author/PG)

Pressure today is exerted upon school officials for alternatives. The author presents several programs his school system has initiated, with frank appraisal of their success or failure. (Editor)

Intensive courses may have the effect, for better or worse, of inculcating a non-bureaucratic or even anti-bureaucratic approach to education and life, while concurrent courses most likely reinforce bureaucratic behavior patterns. (Author)

Discusses the development since 1971 of an alternative school-within-a-school at the Wheatley School in East Williston (New York), emphasizing shared decision making, nontraditional teaching, and student self-evaluation. Describes recent changes in the program to improve both student evaluation and the program's communication with the traditional…

This study used a diffusion model in an attempt to understand the role of the researcher in the evaluation of an educational innovation in a school setting. The Learning Laboratory for Adult Basic Education at the Rochambeau School in White Plains, and the Brevoort Community Center in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, were studied. Both programs used…

This directory describes 53 innovative and alternative school programs throughout Canada. Each school or program is examined separately in a one- or two-page entry, which briefly discusses the objectives and focus of the program and lists one or more persons who can be contacted for additional information. Schools are grouped by province and are…

This study examines a representative sample of innovative projects funded under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in an effort to identify some of the factors that contribute to constructive change in the schools. In particular, the study investigates local takeover of Title III programs and attempts to determine why some…

This book examines the process of change in American public education, focusing in particular on various experiments in performance contracting that were conducted between 1969 and 1973. Chapter 1 briefly reviews the process of change in education and describes the performance contracting concept and the ways its advocates expected it to overcome…

As a working definition, innovation in the context of higher education involves substantive changes and reforms in instructional methods, the use of student and faculty time, and the process of learning. These observations are based primarily on the results in some 75 projects underway in the California State University and College System. The…

This document presents a progress report of the Extended University of the University of California. The Extended University exists to test and gain experience with modified approaches to higher education. It offers degree programs to those who are qualified to engage in university studies, but who are now effectively denied access because of work…

After a full year of operation, many questions have been asked about Empire State College (ESC) concerning the type of students who seek such an institution and how these students handle the major responsibility of planning and carrying out their studies. A group of 10 graduates were selected from the 30 graduated in fall 1972 for lengthy…