Offers some penetrating insights into the reasons for the failure of Fordham's experimental college, Bensalem. (PW)

Institutions implementing experimental programs are taking varied approaches to the evaluation of what students learn, as well as to the effectiveness of the programs in providing the resources and facilities the students require. (Author/RK)

Describes a college in New York that offers a 1-year program of higher education in evening classes for disadvantaged students. (HS)

Communitas is a nontraditional, upper-level, 2-year college which centers education around community change. (Author/PG)

A computerized system of determining learning methods individualizes education for students. (Editor)

Describes a workshop at the Center for Humanistic Education which stressed the development of the communication skills needed for interpersonal relationships, and generally sought ways in which classrooms and colleges might be humanized. Author and others are attempting to put these suggestions into practice at Bronx Community College. (Author/DR)

Describes the development and structure of Soka University of America, located near Laguna Beach, California. Planners' vision for the university is a humanistic, democratic, non-hierarchical institution infused with Buddhist values. Unusual elements include no tenure or advancement in rank and no separate administrative building. (EV)

Because of rapidly increasing college enrollments and a matching increase in tuition and other costs to students, this document presents a proposal for an open university to be created in the state of Massachusetts as an alternative to traditional higher education in the state. This study examines 13 principal components of this new university:…

This document presents an evaluation of the readings course program at New College at Hofstra University. Under this program, students divise an independent study project under the supervision of the faculty member. Readings courses may range from conventional readings and research to field work or the production of creative works. The student's…

In his speech on Founder's Day at Minnesota Metropolitan State College, the U.S. Commissioner of Education praises the experimental college for its innovative approach to higher education. Minnesota Metropolitan is providing such flexibility in departing from the traditional place and schedule of academic studies, in departing from the traditional…

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,…

The author, Chairman of the National Commission on Non-Traditional Study, points out that the community college has a unique but undeveloped opportunity in the area of non-traditional study. The traditional view that only private institutions are and can be innovative must be altered since: (1) the line dividing public and private institutions is…

Having no faculty or classrooms and offering no courses by mail or television, the external degree program at Thomas Edison State College in Pennsylvania is described as an accredited program whereby college credits are gained primarily through the use of CLEP (College Level Examination Program) tests and individual assessment. (BM)

A former student of Alexander Meiklejohn, a member of the Experimental College movement on the 1930s, describes his impressions of Meiklejohn's life, leadership qualities, and personal characteristics. (MSE)