This presentation focuses on impressions and findings resulting in activities in the Cooperative Assessment of Experiential Learning Project, which is briefly described. Comments are made about nontraditional programs in higher education that provide opportunities and assessment for experiential learning particularly and centers on five topics:…

To meet the needs of adult students in higher education, colleges and universities must give attention to the planning implications of enrolling large numbers of adults. Institutions ready to accept the challenge of the adult student must reevaluate program offerings, course scheduling, special degree programs, changes in methods of instruction,…

This study investigated the extent of the interest and needs of adult citizens of the Greater Metropolitan Salt Lake City area, insofar as adult degree programs were concerned, and made a thorough analysis of adult degree programs currently in operation in American colleges and universities, with implications for adoption of such programs at the…

This book provides information on institutions preparing students for work in educational and public broadcasting. This second edition has been revised and updated. Each institution was asked 10 questions relating to its educational broadcasting courses and programs. In addition to courses, program questions concern financial assistance, minority…

This document presents summaries of speeches and discussions held at the conference on changing patterns for undergraduate education sponsored in May 1972 by Harvard University and the College Entrance Examination Board. Participants from more than 100 colleges met at the conference to discuss the following questions: What is the perception of…

The Alternative School Teacher Education Program, cooperatively developed by participating public schools and Indiana University, is a field-based masters degree program designed for completion in one calendar year. Students spend two summers on campus pursuing graduate course work. During the academic year between these summers, students earn…

The University without Walls at the University of Minnesota is an alternative program for adult students pursuing a baccalaureate degree. To help these students evaluate their past job- and home-related learning experiences, the university offers a degree-planning seminar to illustrate the concept of process education. (MF)

Discusses recent innovations in scheduling, timing, and delivery formats that should allow more working adults to pursue graduate study in adult education. Highlights Syracuse University's Weekend Scholar option and Teachers College's Adult Education Guided Independent Study (AEGIS) program. (CH)

Reports on the efforts of twenty inner-city women who decided to return to college, urging their own schools and others to grant college credit for work and life experience. (Author/RB)

New academic patterns are developing in answer to educational demands, and this article discusses the elements that are a part of new degree programs. (RK)

Despite the criticisms which can be leveled at external and special degree programs, the fact remains that they provide a needed service to selected clientele and have the capability to provide valuable alternatives for institutions of higher education and their clients. (Author)