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Download full textWashington State Council on Higher Education, Olympia. – 1973
This document reports on the May 24, 1973 conference at the University of Washington concerning the external degree. Emphasis is placed on the future needs of higher education, the external degree, the student population for the external degree, England's Open University, and external degree models in Colorado, California, New Jersey, and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Needs, External Degree Programs, Higher Education
College Entrance Examination Board, Palo Alto, CA. – 1974
The proceedings of the Western Conference on External Degree Programs held in San Francisco, February 17-19, 1974, are presented. The keynote address discusses strategies for educational innovation, while two other speeches discuss the stresses of universalism and an interim conference report. Notes and questions from small group discussions, the…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Innovation, Equal Education, External Degree Programs
Burns, W. J., Ed.; Pfleger, Allan F., Ed. – 1973
This report presents the proceedings of the conference on Optional Learning Environments and the External Degree, sponsored by Dyke and Ursuline Colleges. It was attended by 67 educators and students representing all of the accredited institutions of higher education in the Cleveland areas. The conference introduced basic ideas and methods of…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Innovation, Experimental Colleges, Extension Education
Association for the Study of Higher Education. – 1976
The papers presented include: "The Union Graduate School Experience" (King V. Cheek); "Some Observations on the Nova University Experience" (Sebastian V. Martorana); "Higher Education and Human Equality" (Howard R. Bowen); "Benefits for Personal Development from Going to College" (Joseph Katz): and "A…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Doctoral Programs, Educational Benefits, Educational Experience
American Nurses' Association, Kansas City, MO. – 1975
The effect of changing patterns of postsecondary education for nursing and the subsequent development of open curricula and external degree programs in nursing are examined in these conference papers. The following papers were presented: "Pressures on Higher Education Are Changing Post-Secondary Education," by Robert H. Kroepsch;…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum Design, Evaluation Criteria, External Degree Programs
Peer reviewedCollege and University, 1977
Proceedings of AACRAO's 63rd annual meeting cover: admissions criteria for impacted programs; transfer credits; financial aid issues; federal aid; nontraditional credit from external degree programs or noninstructional institutions; and a status report on the CAEL consortium. (LBH)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Credits, Conference Reports, Consortia
Gamson, Zelda F., Ed.; Levey, Richard H., Ed. – 1976
Excerpts from transcripts of sessions at the Institute on Innovations in Undergraduate Education, attended by 32 faculty and administrators representing 10 colleges and universities, are presented. Practitioners discuss their observations and experiences in innovation programs, led by staff members of the University of Michigan's Center for the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Conference Reports, External Degree Programs
London Univ. (England). Inst. of Education. – 1975
Delivered at a conference on women in British education, this collection of papers demonstrates with statistical evidence and close argument the extent of discrimination against women in higher education. "The Place of Women in the Changing Pattern of Further Education" by Eileen Byrne looks at women as they leave school at the secondary…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Conference Reports, Educational Benefits
PDF pending restorationRondeau, Joan – 1973
The general theme of this conference report relates to the concerns and interests of students and how those concerns and interests are perceived and assessed by others. Topics discussed are: (1) the role of the Association of Colleges and Universities of Canada (AAUC) to keep its member institutions aware of what is taking place across the land,…
Descriptors: Administration, Attitude Change, Change Agents, College Students
1975
The role of nontraditional study in the liberal arts college was examined at the conference sponsored by the East Central College Consortium. Highlights of the proceedings included: "A Brief Overview of the Syracuse Adult Degree Program," by Marvin Druger; the keynote address by Harold L. Hodgkinson of the National Institute of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age, College Faculty
Ryan, John W., Ed. – 1974
The report of the 14th annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools presents a seminar on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Board by Lorene I. Rogers, Lincoln E. Moses, Warren W. Willingham, and Herman A. Witkin. The task force on Biomedical Sciences report is presented by Jerold Roschwalb, Lyle V. Jones, Robert H. Grant, and Penny D.…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Deans, Educational Administration, External Degree Programs
Engdahl, Lilla E., Ed.; Shay, Thomas M., Ed. – 1976
The WICHE project on Extended Degree Programs aimed to contribute to the development of sound and successful extended degree programs as one segment of postsecondary education for adults. The conference had several basic goals: (1) to foster communication among persons involved in such programs throughout the region; (2) to propose varied…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Education, Conference Reports
Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC. – 1977
This bibliography was compiled for the Latin American Meeting on New Forms of Post-Secondary Education and the Seminar on Open Learning Systems held in Caracas, Venezuela, from September 25 to October 2, 1976. The book contains a total selection of 658 bibliographical entries on educational innovations. Part I consists of an annotated bibliography…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Conference Reports
Cavert, C. Edward, Comp. – 1976
This third national conference on open learning and nontraditional study attempted to demonstrate cooperative efforts across the country and to show how open learning and nontraditional study relate to unified efforts to achieve common goals. Topics discussed at the conference included: (1) the national overview, (2) military training programs,…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Communications, Communications Satellites
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1976
The papers presented at the meeting describe new directions in higher education and a variety of innovations in nursing education both nationally and in the southern region. Included also are annual reports of studies and surveys about nursing in the south. Among the topics covered are: an external degree program; modes of student progression;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees
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