An Associate Degree Nursing program was created and implemented in Del Rio, Texas, by Howard Junior College of Big Spring, Texas. The program was conducted via videotaped lectures that were televised simultaneously on both campuses. Opportunities were then available for students to ask questions of instructors through a teleconferencing system.…

The student's manual of this set consists of materials for use by individuals enrolled in an extension course in managing dental office records. Addressed in the individual units of the course are the following topics: clinical records, dental insurance, recall systems, inventory control, and financial records. Each unit contains some or all of…

Completion and cost data for six courses delivered in two different modes--home study and paced package--through Athabasca University were analyzed. Students in a home study course received tutorial support via the telephone and progress through the course was at the discretion of each individual learner. Students in a paced package course…

The Family Involvement Communication System (FICS) is intended to enhance the coordination of educational services for children as well as to encourage cooperation among schools, parents, and universities. FICS is designed to achieve these goals through focusing on the family as a cohesive unit, providing renewal strategies for school personnel…

A study was conducted to determine what types of student service activities take place in National University Extension Association (NUEA) institutions. By means of two questionnaires, information on a total of 134 student service activities from 69 NUEA institutions was gathered. The reported practices are indexed by state and by type of…

Increasing numbers of American adults are engaged in many types of learning activities; a significant part of these learning activities are organized and structured. Record-keeping about institutionalized adult learning is often scanty, however, or even non-existent. As the social goal of a "learning society" has been articulated, it has…

After identifying data sources and defining terms, this report presents tables and graphs detailing 1979-80 enrollment statistics for the 58-member North Carolina Community College System. The first 12 tables delineate: (1) headcount enrollment in nine program areas by institution and (2) by quarter; (3) annual headcount enrollment (1958-1980),…

The development of the higher adult education movement in the U.S. over the past century is reviewed in this book. Focus is on the cultural conditions that made it possible, the persons who played key roles, the characteristics that distinguished each period, and the trends that emerged and continue to the present day. An overview is first given…

Six ideological types of rural residents were defined to represent empirically determined reasons and underlying philosophies for living in the country, addressing a need to look at aspects of the growing nonfarm contingent of rural population, especially as it concerns extension program needs. The types were descriptively named Committed Farmers,…

A chart provides information on part-time programs leading to certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor degrees that can be pursued through early morning, late afternoon, and evening and weekend courses at 13 colleges. All members of the Council for the Advancement of Lifelong Learning, institutions are: Adirondack Community College, Albany…

THIS STUDY AIMED TO DEVELOP PRINCIPLES FOR A MODEL PROGRAM OF CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR THE PROFESSIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING. THE AUTHOR REVIEWED THE LITERATURE ON THE GROWTH OF THE PROFESSIONS AND ON CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE PROFESSIONS GENERALLY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ARCHITECTURE, DENTISTRY, LAW, MEDICINE, AND PHARMACY. FROM THIS…

The Indian Outreach Program developed a questionnaire to determine the perceived postsecondary educational needs of Indian high school students and the students' perceptions of Yavapai College and its services. Nine hundred fifty surveys were mailed to high schools in the area served by the college; 328 useable questionnaires were obtained from…

An evaluative and historical report is presented of 38 university extension programs proposed in Tennessee during Fiscal Years 1966, 1967, and 1968, under Title I (Higher Education Act of 1965), together with a list of 13 programs completed prior to June 30, 1967. The University of Tennessee, East Tennessee State University, Memphis State…

Extensive data tables provide information on new, continuing, and returning student enrollments; full- and part-time students; undergraduates by college, school, or program and class level; majors; undergraduates and graduate students by department; students in the education abroad program; residence at admission; sources of new undergraduates by…

Information for this inventory of research into higher education in Canada was obtained from a survey of 1800 persons in universities, community colleges, associations, and government departments. A total of 308 projects are reported and are classified under six headings: general; administration, finance and manpower; curriculum and teaching;…