This inventory and its supplement serve as a catalog or basic reference of external degree programs and proposals in the United States. The first section consists of a list of operational external degree programs, including the degree that can be awarded and the institutions from which it can be obtained. The second section includes information about external degree proposals that have been advanced during the course of the past two years. Sources of information for this section include speeches, copies of proposals to foundations, newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, memoranda, papers, and records of staff visits and meetings. The total number of external degree programs is 31; the number of programs at the undergraduate level is 21; and the number of programs at the graduate level is 10. A total of 26 proposals is given. (DB)