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Christ-Janer, Arland F. – College Board Review, 1972
The College Board's College Level Entrance Examination and the Educational Testing Service's Advanced Placement Program allow students to earn credits for degrees without formal courses. (HS)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements, Equivalency Tests
Bok, Derek – College Board Review, 1972
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements, Higher Education
Nelson, Fred A. – College Board Review, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements
Nolan, Donald J. – College Board Review, 1972
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements, Educational Development
Valentine, John A. – College Board Review, 1972
Once external degree programs are fully accepted, they will further the dream of equal education for all. (HS)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements, Educational Development
Download full textNew York State Education Dept., Albany. Regents External Degree Program. – 1972
The Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York established Regents External Degrees as an alternate route to a college degree. Specifically designed for those individuals who choose to learn on their own, the program is based on the philosophy that what a person knows is more important than how he learned it. Thus, on-campus…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements
Leckie, Shirley A.; Sallis, Harrylyn – 1984
Millsaps College inaugurated an Adult Degree Program to compensate for the predicted diminishing number of traditional age students and to establish a degree program incorporating a number of innovations of value to working adults. Issues considered before implementing the program included the impact of such a degree offering on existing programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, College Programs
Taylor, John A. – 2000
In 1998, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools established a fifteen-member Task Force to study the practices and procedures employed in adult degree completion programs. An adult degree completion program is identified as one that is designed especially to meet the needs of the working adult who, having acquired sixty or more…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Bachelors Degrees, College Credits
Bennett, Ralph John – 1971
Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, offers a program toward a bachelor's degree by attending evening classes exclusively. During visits made to personnel directors of firms employing 50 or more persons, complete presentations of the entire program were made. Registration was done by mail. Some students received reimbursement from firms,…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Business Administration, College Credits, College Faculty
New York State Univ. System, Albany. – 1977
The catalog is designed to provide information on both the Regents External Degrees and the College Proficiency Examinations of New York State. The information is oriented toward individuals who wish to know about and take advantage of either program. The Regents External Degree is awarded by the University of the State of New York, which has no…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Credits
