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Bell, Robert; Tight, Malcolm – 1993
This book challenges the notion that the open university is a recent invention and argues that in Britain there is a long and varied tradition of similar developments, and that there has been a significant 20th century reduction in the openness of universities, particularly in the period from the 1950s to the 1970s. Selected examples of open…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, College Role, Distance Education
Download full textPike, Robert M.; And Others – 1978
Three essays are collected in this study of access to higher education in other countries: "Part-Time Undergraduate Studies in Ontario," by Robert M. Pike; "Access to Higher Education in England and Wales," by Naomi E. S. McIntosh; and "Strategies for a Broader Enrollment in Swedish Higher Education," by Urban…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Lunneborg, Patricia W. – 1994
This book examines the successes of the Open University (OU), a concept now 25 years old, in overcoming obstacles to higher education faced by nontraditional students, and particularly those faced by older women. The OU has no entry qualification, requires no tests, admits all applicants on a space-available basis, and awards a Bachelor's degree.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Andragogy, Case Studies
