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Lambert, Michael P. – 1989
A serious problem in home study in recent years has been that, too often, some schools have been paying little attention to student services. They have concentrated their budgets on advertising to recruit new students, while doing little to encourage present students or new recruits to stay in the program. Efforts have been made to reduce the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adult Students, Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study
Download full textFeasley, Charles E., Comp. – 1987
Both author and numerical indexes to ERIC documents on various facets of distance education that were entered in the ERIC database from 1966 through 1985 are provided in this guide to the literature. Topics covered include correspondence study, correspondence schools, distance education, educational radio, educational television, external degree…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study, Distance Education, Educational Radio
Feasley, Charles E., Comp. – 1987
Both author and numerical indexes to journal articles on various facets of distance education that were indexed for the ERIC database from the implementation of Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) in 1969 to 1985 are provided in this guide to the literature. Topics covered include correspondence courses, correspondence schools,…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study, Distance Education, Educational Radio
Goebel, Helmut, Ed. – Bildung und Wissenschaft (Education and Science in the Federal Republic of Germany), 1975
Current educational developments and trends in the Federal Republic of Germany are presented in the articles and reports in this bulletin. The first article describes the present program and student body of a recently opened correspondence university in Hagen, Westphalia, and discusses its projected plans. The status of unemployment among youth in…
Descriptors: Biology, Comparative Education, Correspondence Schools, Educational Attitudes
Veterans Administration, Washington, DC. – 1976
The analysis of correspondence training by service personnel and veterans was based upon and prepared from the file of veterans and service personnel who trained in correspondence schools under chapter 34 (GI bill) during June 1966 through December 1974. The overall results showed that (1) during this period, a total of 5.3 million persons had…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Comparative Analysis, Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study
Dasenbrock, David H. – Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems, 1996
This article traces the transformation of a traditional correspondence school, the National Radio Institute, that relied on postal mail for delivery into a modern technology-based distance learning center now known as NRI Schools. Topics include discovery learning; test grading; lesson answer sheets; computer assisted learning; interactive voice…
Descriptors: Answer Sheets, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correspondence Schools, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedElsiddig, Mukhtar Osman – Educational Media International, 1993
Describes Pakistan's Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), which reaches a mass student population through correspondence study, radio and television, tutorials, and course assignments. Descriptions of AIOU's course offerings, teaching methods, organization and administration, and an assessment of services are provided. (Contains 13 references.)…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Courses, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Aging. – 1986
A House of Representatives report on the practice of a profession with fradulent credentials is presented. Attention is directed to the provision of medical care by unlicensed and unqualified people posing as doctors, fraudulent credentials across a range of occupations, especially those affecting the elderly, and fraudulent credentials held by…
Descriptors: Advertising, Correspondence Schools, Credentials, Crime
Kaye, Tony; Rumble, Greville – Prospects, 1991
Attempts to draw comparisons between the different ways that distance education methods have been used for postsecondary education. Emphasizes the differences in scale, curricula, teaching approaches, and resource levels at different institutions in different nations. Explores problems such as lack of discussion, inflexibility, high cost of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Correspondence Schools, Course Content
National Home Study Council, Washington, DC. – 1983
A study examined the course structure and educational practices used by National Home Study Council (NHSC) member institutions. To gather data for the study, researchers mailed questionnaires to 60 members of the NHSC. Based on data from the 51 usable responses, the researchers determined that the average age of students enrolled in programs…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Correspondence Schools, Course Content, Educational Practices
Dean, Christopher – 1983
In September 1981, the Research Branch of the Department of Education in Queensland, Australia was asked to carry out a brief survey of the opinions of all parents or supervisors of Preschool Correspondence (PC) children. (PC is a home based early education program for families with 4- to 5-year-old children who live in geographically isolated…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Distance Education, Educational Radio, Educational Television
Peer reviewedGelfand, I. M., Ed. – Quantum, 1991
Describes the Mathematics Correspondence School that was organized in late 1960s and still directed by the author, to serve about 1,000 Russian secondary students in small cities and remote villages. Discusses this project's extension to other disciplines, and the introduction of English versions of the school's textbooks via this regular journal…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study, Foreign Countries, Independent Study
Belton, Beth – 1994
This paper examines the frequency and purpose of interactions between rural students and teachers at the Brisbane School of Distance Education. Research regarding distance education indicated that: (1) both the school community and rural community significantly influence teacher-student interactions; (2) the student population represents diverse…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Correspondence Schools, Distance Education, Educational Needs
Bates, A. W. – 1981
Resulting from a 1980 workshop and a survey of 12 selected distance learning systems (or correspondence study programs), this paper had four aims: (1) to provide a framework to describe distance learning systems using audiovisual media and to locate the 12 surveyed institutions within that framework, (2) to identify common problem areas in the…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Correspondence Schools
Stahre, Sven-Arne – 1966
The chief components of Swedish formal adult education are (1) independent lectures, which stress popularization of public affairs and of selected aspects of culture, science, and technology; (2) the folk high schools, whose object is to impart to young adults a general and civic education; (3) special schools operated by the popular movements;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attendance, Correspondence Schools, Discussion Groups
