An Independent Study Program (ISP) was created in the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1967 to provide educational options to foster self-reliant education for medical students. (Editor)

The innovations discussed include: independent study, seminar instruction, the multiversity concept, learning-living centers, study abroad programs, year-round study and some specific examples of unique programs. (PG)

In 1972, the University of Pittsburgh initiated the University External Studies Program (UESP). The program emerged from a recognition of the university's responsibility to provide higher education to those previously unable to attend classes because of family or job responsibilities, geographic isolation, or limited mobility. This paper outlines…

Many University of Minnesota students enrich their campus-based academic programs with study and travel overseas. They may participate in a variety of formal study-abroad programs sponsored by the university or available to students through cooperative arrangements with other institutions; or, as growing numbers of students are doing, they may…

This national program offers college-level instruction through the newspaper. Published by the University Extension of the University of California at San Diego, this resource kit combines a course on United States history and the future of man and society. The kit contains a soundsheet, lectures, student study guide, student reader, self-tests,…