An external degree is one granted on the basis of academic work undertaken through independent and flexible study and pursued in whole or in part outside of the framework of existing college and university courses. A person's qualifications for an external degree are measured not by a list of accumulated formal courses taken and passed, but by an…

Collected are reports of experimental instructional projects and educational programs generated by teachers at the Big Ten universities. The purpose is to exchange information among college teachers, administrators, and educational researchers about ways to improve the conditions for learning. The focus is on changes in a particular discipline…

Discusses topics pertinent to staffing in the two-year college, including differences in two-year college programs, preparatory programs for two-year college teachers, one department's standards in hiring teachers, challenges posed by open enrollment policies, and ways new faculty members at one college are helped to grow, improve, and be…

Describes the material management certificate and the associate in applied science degree programs at William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Illinois. Material management functions include purchasing, production control, inventory control, material handling, warehousing, packaging, computer applications, and transportation. (MF)

This report presents a summary of the program presented by 16 Texas community and junior colleges for people over age 60 during the academic year 1974-1975. This program supported demonstration projects to improve the quality of life of elderly Texans through innovative educational activities. (Author)

Suggests four directions in which college reading programs must go if they are to preserve themselves. (JM)

Many students are entering college today with no more than one course in mathematics. This article relates how one university has developed a program to identify the underprepared mathematics student and to counsel students with regard to their mathematics needs. A goal is to match mathematics course with student ability. (MA)

Describes the chemical engineering program at Brigham Young University. (SL)

Appropriateness of four counseling center models (traditional, consultation, vocational guidance, psychotherapy) and 15 specific counseling center functions for universities with enrollments of 10,000-plus were evaluated by samples of counselors, student personnel administrators, resident assistants, faculty, students, and university…

Assessed needs that different minority students (blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Native Americans) perceived in their undergraduate experience on a predominantly white, urban campus. Results indicated a need for special programming for minority students at the university. Blacks expressed strong need for special activities, suggesting they may…

Alerts high school guidance counselors to the availability of college programs for learning disabled students. Suggests ways counselors can judge the quality of special programs available at many colleges. (Author/ABB)

Examines internal and external factors which may influence women's decisions to return to school and which may affect their lives as students. Considers implications of the factors for the academic community. Personal and institutional barriers to a woman's reentry are discussed, and institutional responses to reentry women are suggested.…

Describes Career Encounters, a program of the Career Counseling Office of Memphis State University which provides students with opportunities for on-site visits with professionals in careers of interest to the students. (Author)

Program review must transcend preoccupation with the past and become an integral part of planning for the future. Linking academic program reviews closely with formal institutional planning processes will benefit both. Academic planning, institutional practice, and obstacles are discussed. (MLW)

Landmark College is exclusively for precollege and college students with dyslexia and related learning disabilities, and the students respond to the program with academic success, relief, and increased self-confidence. (MSE)