The success of Minnesota Metropolitan, now six months in operation, indicates that the time of degree by contract has arrived. (Editor)

Describes the origins and motivations of the free school movement and examines in detail the cases of the Barlow High School and the Free University in Tucson, Arizona, (JM)

A two-year college program on a high desert ranch that combines traditional liberal arts with strenuous physical work aims to develop humility, service, leadership, and a wide range of practical skills. Most graduates have gone on to graduate study and leadership positions in society. (MSE)

The Nova University doctoral program emphasizes a national context, practicums, clusters, and education leadership appraisal in its preparation of school administrators. (Author/DW)

Describes the creation, organization, policies, students, and faculty of Governors State University, a senior institution which commences instruction at the junior-year level and extends it through the master's degree. Also describes the College of Environmental and Applied Science, which prepares students to find and implement solutions to…

Because rural communities have different needs and resources from those found in urban settings, nontraditional education programs provide alternatives to those features of modern mass education that respond primarily to urban needs. This digest looks at a few nontraditional programs and strategies, the problems to which they respond, and the…

Literature-search techniques and personal contacts were used to develop a list of 52 colleges with innovative and non-traditional educational delivery systems. These schools were contacted to obtain catalogs and other descriptive, program information. By October 1978, 38 colleges had responded. Of these, 16 had particularly creative and innovative…

Nontraditional higher education is a movement toward increasing the options open to an individual in the pursuit of post secondary education. Its major emphasis is in recognition of individual differences and making institutions more flexible in response to them. This paper describes many programs and proposals throughout the country, giving…

In answer to the problem of coordinating college and university curricula with a changing society and to meet demands of students, elected officials, and community members, Minnesota Metropolitan State College has been created with features suited to serve as a pilot project for the development of the new careers concept. The 4 broad areas…

This issue of "Science Education News" is concerned with nontraditional approaches to college-level education. Recent trends and new programs representing examples of innovative learning are presented by these six articles: The Prospects for Nontraditional Study; Accreditation of Nontraditional Study Programs; New York Regents External Degree; The…

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…

A questionnaire survey of graduates of University of Michigan's Residential College during 1971-1974 indicates that those students were not disadvantaged in the competition for postgraduate and occupational opportunities. The strengths of RC and other experimental colleges lie in their energetic cultural, social, and political life. (LBH)

A report from Britain's Open University that teaches students in their spare time through a mixture of television and radio, correspondence courses, summer schools and evening classes. (Editor/PG)

Discusses the six concepts fundamental to Deep Springs College (California), a two-year college that integrates a daily work schedule and academics, stresses interpersonal relations and group responsibility, and attracts superior students. Suggests that the Deep Springs program could be applied to outstanding senior high or junior college…