Two graduates of Hampshire College discuss their experiences at the innovative institution and its future chances to resist conventional molds. (Author/PG)

The City University of New York's College of Old Westbury was an experimental college that based its philosophy around a community living-learning concept. The College, unfortunately, was unable to survive because of several gross inconsistencies in the education/community process. In this document, the author points out the necessary elements for…

Bond responds to questions about the School for Educational Change and Development at the University of Northern Colorado, where students design and structure their own programs. (HMD)

C.W. Post Center of Long Island University offers a Weekend College with Sunday hours, family services, quantity'' discounts, and the convenience of payment by credit card. (Author)

Heliotrope, Orpheus, and Communiversity, San Francisco's three free universities, offer curricula with combinations of alchemy, magic, Volkswagen repairs, options in education, dance, conversational Mandarin, basic plumbing, and brain wave experiences. (Author/PG)

Real learning does not often take place in the lecture hall, or even in the routine library assignment, but in impromptu rap sessions, planned meetings, extracurricular activities and, most of all, in frequent personal contact with sympathetic instructors. (3 references) (Author/MM)

This catalog of Evergreen State College, a college in Olympia, Washington that first opened its doors to students in September 1971, presents an overview of the unique academic program offered at the college. Information is given on courses offered in the past, information concerning supporting services, policies and procedures to be followed in…

This report gives a summary of the work and methods conducted by a study group at the University Without Walls (UWW) of Boston, June 1972-May 1973. Section II discusses some of the outstanding qualities that characterize UWW students. The backgrounds that influence their education experiences as higher education students and set them apart from…

In January 1972, The University of Alabama held a 4-day invitational conference to bring together the leaders of those institutions that offer innovative and experimental programs. Specifically, the purposes of the conference were: (1) to share critical reports from each participant about each of their programs; (2) to make recommendations…

In order to increase student response at the New College of Hofstra University in the area of course evaluation, a one-page General Course Evaluation Questionnaire was designed for use in 1971-72. The questionnaire consists of five questions: (1) What are the three most important things you got out of this course? (2) What do you feel are the…

Originally a speech prepared for the Alabama Consortium for the Development of Higher Education, this is a paper that attempts to test assumptions about non-traditional educational programs and simultaneously to posit alternative approaches that are flexible but still maintain appropriate academic standards. (Author)

Campus Free College (CFC) is a nontraditional, nonresidential educational experience that employs program advisors to work with students to utilize all learning resources available for an individually-designed curricula. (Author/PG)

Some 3,000 students from varied backgrounds are now enrolled, under the auspices of 20 colleges and universities, in programs that constitute a distinct alternative to usual college offerings for undergraduates. These programs are called Universities Without Walls (UWW). The structure of each unit of the UWW has been devised by a team of students,…