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Download full textCasserly, Patricia Lund – 1974
Educational Testing Service studied the Servicemen's Opportunity College (SOC) Program at nine different military installations and their surrounding SOC colleges. Members of the Armed Forces (stratified by sex, age, years in service, and rank) were interviewed regarding their educational background, decision to enter the service, reasons for…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, College Credits, College Programs, Educational Opportunities
Donlon, Thomas F. – 1991
In the 1960s, credit-by-examination was promoted as a way to broaden access to college. In 1971, Ewald Nyquist, Commissioner of Education in the Regents system of New York, proposed that the Educational Testing Service offer a degree based entirely on performance on examinations. Although a few institutions theoretically offer such degrees, in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Credits, College Programs, Degree Requirements
