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)

Reviews a book by Theodore Sizer that aims to expose some educational delusions and to speculate on viable educational alternatives. Sizer asserts that the accepted purposes of education are honored only in the breach, and proposes that the unitary school be replaced by multiple schools for different kinds of learning. He contends that educational…

A two-week library unit of an introductory history course is profiled. The purpose of the unit is to familiarize the students with both the general and specialized resources available to them. (DH)

An experimental, independent study, history course is described by its designer who desired to evoke some enthusiasm for the study of history. His three basic guidelines were: (1) the library is the best classroom, (2) class activities should center around learning experiences, and (3) course content should be relevant to student needs. (7…

Findings from a research study by the author on the methods used in training teachers of agricultural occupations are given. (MU)

Author explains his model of instructional development for initiating and continuing change in education. (HB)

Higher education in the United States today has not only lost its favored status in terms of public and private support, but has lost, in definitions of mission and in individual institutions as a whole, even minimally agreed-upon definitions of mission and of assessment of students. (Author)

An open university system in Coast Community College District (California) will include television and radio courses, correspondence materials, circuit teachers, and community-based study centers. (RN)

Describes the unique external degree'' program offered by the regents of the New York State University to anyone who can pass appropriate proficiency examinations, with or without attending college. (Author/JH)

Describes a unique external degree program at the University of South Florida, which offers to adults a bachelors degree based largely on independent study. (JH)

Author discusses higher education in terms of voluntary agreements between students and teachers. This approach would focus the student's attention on his goals for entering college, broaden the range of educational techniques and establish means by which effective teaching would be directly awarded. (Author)

Focuses on the philosophy of Sudbury Valley School, Framingham, Massachusetts, which stresses self-motivation, individual freedom, and responsibility. (DS)