The University Without Walls experiment on the University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus, began in 1971. The central animating concepts of the original experiment include the value of knowledge that is learned both within and without 'the walls' of the university. These various knowledge sources are integrated into the student's individualized…

This article features a conversation on the occasion of a May 2018 "Festschrift" in "Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies" to honor the work of William Newell, between Newell and P. Sven Arvidson. William Newell is Emeritus Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Miami University, where he taught interdisciplinary courses full…

The College of Thematic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania, is an experiment in interdisciplinary and interdepartmental work for undergraduates offering 51 courses in 7 topic areas from University Studies to Energy Management. (Author/PG)

Thomas Jefferson College, the first cluster college of Michigan's Grand Valley State Colleges, has become stable and successful in just 4 years. (Author/HS)

New College, the University of Hawaii's most comprehensive effort to rethink and reinvigorate undergraduate education, is practically alone among experimental colleges that have sprouted throughout the nation in the last few years in doing so many things right. (Author/MB)

James Madison College of Michigan State University provides a 4-year, residentially-based program devoted to the study of major social, economic, and political policy problems. It offers 5 fields of concentration: (1) Ethnic and Religious Intergroup Relations Policy Problems; (2) International Relations Policy Problems; (3) Justice, Morality and…

In order to assist students in the process of self-actualization, and create an awareness of self and environment, an interdisciplinary group of general education instructors organized an on-campus commune, the Micro-College, at Miami-Dade Community College (Florida). Integral components include: modular instruction, grading contracts, and special…

The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, an experimental college, has developed an innovative general education program. Teaching approaches and organizational structures of the program have been changed to accommodate the new curriculum. The general education core, called the Interdisciplinary Studies Sequence (IDS), includes courses in…

This document describes the evolution of the Exploratory College at Rio Hondo Junior College (Whittier, California) from its inception at a faculty retreat in 1970 through its first year of operation in 1972-73. The Exploratory College was designed as an alternative center for exploring new ways of learning within the college community. By being a…

An adult education course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity, taught in the context of an open university, is described and criticized. (RM)

A response is made to criticism and evaluation of an adult education course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity taught in the context of an open university. (RM)

The construction of a course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity is described, and the open university in general is discussed. (RM)

An adult education course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity, taught in the context of an open university, is described and criticized. (RM)

An adult education course on the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity, taught in the context of an open university, is described and criticized. (RM)

This report describes the organizational plan of Los Angeles Mission College (LAMC). LAMC has chosen a structure stemming from the cluster concept, involving semi-autonomous clusters, each small in size. These characteristics enhance student-faculty-administrator relations and permit each instructional unit to participate directly in its own…