This volume of the Bulletin provides detailed information about the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) in the United States and Canada. The ATS Constitution is presented and its dues structure is outlined. A second section discusses procedures related to membership and accreditation. Standards of accreditation are described in a third…

A tentative reading list for a one-year, literature-oriented M.A. program aimed mainly at students who will teach on the high school or junior college level. (RS)

This article describes a needs assessment strategy for assessing client interest in a graduate liberal arts degree for adults. It is recommended that, in planning a new off-campus graduate degree program for adults, attention should be given to assessing needs both externally and internally. (CT)

Credit earned by examination at the University of Texas at Austin is equivalent to credit earned by taking the academic course, but cannot be counted as credit earned in residence. In the 1988-89 testing year, eight colleges or schools of the university participated in the credit-by-examination program. Evaluations of 29,698 test scores from 50…

This booklet describes the New Jersey Provisional Teacher Program that enables local school districts to employ college graduates who did not study education courses in college. In order to qualify, a candidate must possess a degree in the subject he/she will teach and must pass a state certification test of subject knowledge. Further, the…

This document discusses New Jersey's alternate route to teacher certification, formerly called the Provisional Teacher Program, that enables school districts and nonpublic schools to employ non-education major college graduates as teachers. The program is now in its third year of operation. Part I of this report addresses program growth from…

Non-traditional study (its nature and its appropriateness in adult higher education) is examined from the viewpoint of an adult educator in higher education. Six factors are cited which should be included in a feasibility study of non-traditional studies to help determine the studies' appropriateness. (AG)

The document describes the Special Education/Early Childhood Program at the George Washington University--a 1 year, full time, noncategorical master's degree program to prepare special education professionals to service the needs of developmentally handicapped children, either in direct teaching roles or as special education early childhood…

The Bachelor of General Studies degree, a special degree program at the University of Nebraska, was established in 1950, as an academic division for the exclusive benefit of adult part-time students. The program has three distinctive features: (1) any useful combination of liberal arts and professional courses is acceptable; (2) the able student…

The Bachelor's Degree with Individual Concentration (BDIC) at the University of Massachusetts allows students to extend learning objectives beyond the classroom by providing greater flexibility in educational choices, more interdisciplinary programs and more individualized options for the students. The purpose of this investigation was to collect…