When the Federal Trade Commission began an all-out drive in the summer of 1973 to alert the public to pitfalls in enrolling in some vocational and correspondence schools, several significant facts became clear: 10,000 different residential and home-study vocational schools serve about 3.3 million students who pay from $350 to $2000 for a program,…

The forms of adult education in Sweden discussed in this review include the courses provided by the Labour Market Board, the folk high schools, the national and local educational schemes, the Commission for TV and Radio in Education (TRU), and the training courses arranged by the employee organizations. Brief mention is also made of the courses…

Examines the historical background, philosophies, and laws that govern the developments in all phases of Soviet education. (RB)

Described is a program created by the Shanghai Medical College to combine correspondence education in medical science with public health reform in rural areas and to associate the revolution in education with the revolution in health work. (Author/DB)

Introduces the definition and conventions of distance education, otherwise called correspondence coursework, as it has developed over the last several decades. Characterizes the movement of distance education from peripheral to central prominence in many educational systems, particularly as relates to the challenges and opportunities in the…

Soviet education is designed not only to produce specialists whose skills will be more useful to the State, but also to reshape the character of the person so that it is compatible with Communist ideology. The study attempts to investigate and describe the development of higher education correspondence study in the U.S.S.R. Subproblems…

A selected list of current and classic titles on correspondence and postsecondary education of interest to home study school educators is offered without annotation. The list is organized by six headings: Bibliographies, Correspondence Education, Nontraditional Education, Adult and Vocational Education, Government Reports, and General Studies.…

A study program and test collection project was recently completed by the Clearinghouse for Applied Performance Testing at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL). The project focused on two separate, but related, objectives: compilation of self-study programs leading directly to certification or licensing and development of a survey…

Presents recommendations for future changes in secondary-level evening and correspondence schools to accommodate needs of working students, adults, and rural people. (ND)

Each year an estimated 5 million Americans pursue education or training through what is known as distance education. Distance education, which is also known as distance study, e-learning online education, correspondence study, home study, independent study, and other various terms, has existed in America for more than a century. Yet, few teachers,…

The recent development of correspondence education in China is discussed and the contributions of correspondence education to the revolutionary struggle are assessed. (Author/DB)

The New Zealand Correspondence School is a large, state-funded, national institution teaching at preschool and elementary-secondary school levels. Like the regular education system, it long has been tightly controlled, with a national syllabus, national grading and examinations, and national guidelines for interpretation of the syllabus. The…

A history of the American Institute of Sacred Literature, from its beginning in 1880 as a correspondence school of Hebrew under William Rainey Harper until its dissolution at the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1948, was gathered by interview and search of primary source materials. The Institute's affiliation with other agencies through…

The accounting of the origin, development, and use of private home study schools in Illinois analyzes their enrollment, courses, regulations, economics, subject matter areas, and strengths and weaknesses. The potential they offer for future coordination with public schools is stressed and recommendations are directed to the governer, the State…

A former member of Her Majesty's Inspectorate spent nearly a year in analyzing the work of the National Extension College and in subjecting it to the most rigorous tests he could devise; as far as known, this was the first such inspection to take place in England. He found it to be a serious educational institution with well qualified tutors. The…