Descriptions of a liberal studies program at Claremont College, California; the University of British Columbia local government project; recent Syracuse University publications in continuing education; Kansas State University teleteaching efforts; the interinstitutional University without Walls" consortium; and the University of Washington…

A review is given of the avenues currently available under California law for individuals or institutions to pursue "alternative" teacher certification procedures. An explanation is given of the nature of the District Intern Program, and how it can be used as an alternative credentialing path. (JD)

To improve dwindling engineering enrollments at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), students studying under the WPI Plan are awarded the B.S. degree on the basis of demonstrated competence rather than the accumulation of a required number of perscribed courses. (Author/PG)

South Carolina ETV is a multimillion dollar closed-circuit and standard open broadcast network reaching one-third of the state's public school pupils, hundreds of adults completing high school education, teacher certification, or graduate courses, and thousands of college students on campus or at home. Its college level programs are described. (JT)

Part of a government report on "Efficiency in Higher Education," this study dealt with the cost of existing or proposed external degree or non-traditional programs in adult higher education, an area which is lacking in substantive cost data. Twenty-seven institutions were contacted because they were believed to have non-traditional programs; high…

On October 3, 1972 the faculty of Mars Hill College approved the extension of the present core curriculum and the modified 4-1-4 calendar through the 1973-74 academic year. The faculty further asked that the study of the competence-based curriculum be continued. This document contains a partial list of the proposals produced by the ongoing review…

The Strategies for Change and Knowledge Utilization (SfCKU) watched nine colleges as the individual schools deliberated internally regarding any proposed programmatic change that would have substantial impact on undergraduate education. SfCKU would thereby gain access to decisionmaking in complex organizations. This document details the activities…

In fall 1969, the University of Minnesota Medical School implemented a new curriculum and the option for students of graduation in either 3 or 4 years as an experiment designed to decrease the shortage of practicing physicians. The purpose of this paper is to describe similarities and differences between 3 and 4 year graduates. The results of the…

The present study explored the characteristics of students who take advantage of the option to complete the B.A. degree in 3 years at Goucher College. At Goucher, the optional 3-year degree plan has been selected by students of exceedingly diverse academic potential and background, and different ideas of what for them constitutes a successful…

Nontraditional instructional activities are defined in this report as those based on new or unconventional forms of education, free of the constraints of time, place, or form which characterize traditional classroom instruction. The several sections of this report detail a variety of approaches to nontraditional instructional activities at Purdue…

Many higher education institutions across the United States have instituted nontraditional study programs that incorporate elements such as flexibility and individualized learning into the curriculum. Implementation of such programs serve to increase options and open doors such as: the identification of new segments of our society to be served;…

This report discusses the various interpretations of the external degree concept, its potential impact on American higher education, and how an urban university may expand and improve its delivery systems to a larger variety of student populations on a sound financial basis. Areas covered include: prospective students; experience with home study…

The bulletin of Empire State College, New York's non-residential college, describes the organization of the decentralized college, its educational philosophy and innovative educational program. The College's plan calls for a network of regional learning centers located within reasonable commuting distance for most New York state residents.…

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…