Correspondence education is a tested, flexible, and viable addition to the training and development arsenal of learning tools. Although a comparatively recent development in the professions, properly integrated within the training plan, correspondence study supports any trainer's effort and closes most fundamental learning gaps. (Author/DS)

The disadvantages of traditional classroom approaches are outlined, and, in contrast, the advantages of independent study are presented. The latter places more responsibility for learning upon the students, allowing them to seek information from numerous sources. (CJ)

Educational institutions recognize that in the speeding decade of the Seventies they can ill afford to ignore the leadership potential of library personnel. In recognizing this potential, however, they are likely to expect and hold library management accountable for discretionary leadership as well as for the traditional, ministerial functions.…

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)

Independent Study Programs must remain only a vehicle for implementation of change, not the sole purpose of change. (Author)

The impact of the College Level Examination Project (CLEP) upon the total community has been good but not widespread enough to be classified "successful." Within the academic community there has been the overwhelming acceptance of CLEP and a continuing upgrading of credits to the benefit of the student, with a growing standardization of…

A self-study program for training postsecondary vocational education teachers using 15 instructional modules is described. (EC)

Discusses an experience of conducting educational programs which proceed at students' own pace and in their own time. Concludes that people of wide differences in ages and backgrounds can be given opportunities to continue their lifelong independent learning through the new approach. (CC)

This guidebook is designed to introduce management training into UNESCO's regional communication programs. The course material is intended for actual or potential managers of broadcasting and communication organizations. It presents relevant concepts, methods, and practices as they exist in business management. The guidebook is addressed to…

An advanced General Education Program has been designed to prepare an individual with the information, concepts, and general knowledge required to successfully pass the American Council on Education's High School General Education Development (GED) Test. The Advanced General Education Program provides comprehensive self-instruction in each of the…

In January 1970 the Council on Library Resources (CLR) arranged a meeting to introduce the Dallas Public Library to the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) and to the idea of a project in which the Library would assume the role of acting as a center for CLEP information and providing assistance to CLEP candidates. The historical background of…