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Baskin, Samuel – 1966
Research designed to compare the effectiveness of independent study and the more traditional methods of college instruction as they are related to student learning is summarized in the report. Some of the new curriculum patterns inaugurated to improve instruction are described. Several experimental programs are discussed in sufficient detail to…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Experimental Colleges
Grabiner, Judith, Ed. – 1975
The Small College, the innovative unit of California State College, was established to test whether a substantial number of students could accelerate their progress toward the Bachelor of Arts degree. In the process of the experiment, it was hoped that the Small College would develop programs that could be of value to other colleges. The Small…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Experimental Colleges
Coombs, Don H.; Prevel, James J. – 1973
Evergreen State College is an unprecedented flexible, sophisticated educational instrument designed to avoid depersonalization. Students are treated as responsible adults and are expected to work closely, as colleagues, with their teachers. Curriculum planning reflects the belief that graduates would change their career pattern and life styles at…
Descriptors: Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology
Hay, Edward; And Others – 1970
Three reports comprise this document: A Minicollege for De Anza? An Investigation of the Feasibility of Introducing a New Curriculum Plan and Mode of Instruction at a Community College, by Edward Hay and others; The Minicollege: Work in Progress, by Robert Bernasconi and others; and The Minicollege: Second and Third Years, 1971-73, by Robert Brock…
Descriptors: College Administration, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Experimental Colleges
Hatch, Winslow R. – 1966
Attributes of experimental programs, colleges, and institutional projects are described in this compilation, which extends previous reports in the series by reviewing the extent to which experimental programs and colleges make use of independent study and new approaches to teaching and learning. This report also deals with some of the implications…
Descriptors: Check Lists, College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Planning