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Download full textWashington State Council on Higher Education, Olympia. – 1973
This document reports on the May 24, 1973 conference at the University of Washington concerning the external degree. Emphasis is placed on the future needs of higher education, the external degree, the student population for the external degree, England's Open University, and external degree models in Colorado, California, New Jersey, and…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Needs, External Degree Programs, Higher Education
Directions for Experimental Education in Higher Education. A Conference for Academic Administrators.
Ford, Ann S., Ed. – 1975
A wide variety of experiential programs that may be used to expand educational experiences is presented. These include service learning internships, cooperative education, volunteer programs, field-based, independent study, practice, work study, and University Year for Action. The participants in these proceedings outline the instructional…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, External Degree Programs, Higher Education, Independent Study
American Nurses' Association, Kansas City, MO. – 1975
The effect of changing patterns of postsecondary education for nursing and the subsequent development of open curricula and external degree programs in nursing are examined in these conference papers. The following papers were presented: "Pressures on Higher Education Are Changing Post-Secondary Education," by Robert H. Kroepsch;…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Curriculum Design, Evaluation Criteria, External Degree Programs
Alliance, an Association for Alternative Degree Programs. – 1987
Proceedings of an international conference on adult and external degree programs are presented. Selected papers are drawn from the areas of distance learning, support services, intra-institutional, curriculum, and teaching. They include: "Uses of Distance Education for Graduate Professional Degrees" (Ruth J. Person and Raymond Vondran); "Library…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, College Curriculum
Gamson, Zelda F., Ed.; Levey, Richard H., Ed. – 1976
Excerpts from transcripts of sessions at the Institute on Innovations in Undergraduate Education, attended by 32 faculty and administrators representing 10 colleges and universities, are presented. Practitioners discuss their observations and experiences in innovation programs, led by staff members of the University of Michigan's Center for the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Conference Reports, External Degree Programs
Reid-Smith, Edward R. – 1981
Reports and summaries of papers presented at the 1981 Regional Symposium on Distance Teaching in Asia are presented. The symposium, which was represented by 22 countries, was organized by the Universiti Sains (University of Science) Malaysia as part of the activities associated with the completion of 10 years of off-campus program facilities. The…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
Hakemulder, Jan R., Ed. – 1979
An extensive final report of the proceedings of an international seminar on distance education in developing nations of Africa includes presented papers, discussion proceedings, and views of several participants. Contents include the following: notes on the origin of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa's initiative in distance…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, College Role, Developing Nations
Bertinot, Elizabeth; Maehl, William H. – 1980
A study explored reasons chosen by adults for returning to college and their perceptions of their attainment by reviewing the literature and surveying graduates of an off-campus degree program. Review of prior studies led to the expectation that there would be two main groups of reasons: job-related and personal enrichment. Baccalaureate degree in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Students, Bachelors Degrees, Career Change
London Univ. (England). Inst. of Education. – 1975
Delivered at a conference on women in British education, this collection of papers demonstrates with statistical evidence and close argument the extent of discrimination against women in higher education. "The Place of Women in the Changing Pattern of Further Education" by Eileen Byrne looks at women as they leave school at the secondary…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Conference Reports, Educational Benefits
Alliance, an Association for Alternative Degree Programs. – 1989
This report of a conference on distance learning/adult education programs contains the following papers: "Adult Learners, Distance Education, and Technology: It's the Future, but Can We Get There from Here?" (Gulliver, Wright); "Minority Student Response to External Adult Degree Program Education" (Gillett, Sutphin); "Methods in Project…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Degree Requirements, Distance Education
Fonseca, James W., Ed. – 1985
Six papers on graduate education are presented from the George Mason University (Virginia) annual conference on nontraditional interdisciplinary programs. The papers and authors include: "Management Education: A Non-Traditional Graduate Program for the Non-for-Profit Manager" (Susan Calkin); "'Pracademics': the Role of the Adjunct…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Administrator Education, Continuing Education, Corporate Education
PDF pending restorationRondeau, Joan – 1973
The general theme of this conference report relates to the concerns and interests of students and how those concerns and interests are perceived and assessed by others. Topics discussed are: (1) the role of the Association of Colleges and Universities of Canada (AAUC) to keep its member institutions aware of what is taking place across the land,…
Descriptors: Administration, Attitude Change, Change Agents, College Students
Parer, Michael S., Ed. – 1988
A workshop for nurse and health educators involved in the development of distance education study materials, methods, and delivery systems was held in February 1987 at the Center for Distance Learning at Gippsland Institute. Goals were: (1) to explore distance education approaches to meet nursing education needs; (2) to develop skills to plan,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education, Efficiency, External Degree Programs
1975
The role of nontraditional study in the liberal arts college was examined at the conference sponsored by the East Central College Consortium. Highlights of the proceedings included: "A Brief Overview of the Syracuse Adult Degree Program," by Marvin Druger; the keynote address by Harold L. Hodgkinson of the National Institute of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age, College Faculty
Ryan, John W., Ed. – 1974
The report of the 14th annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools presents a seminar on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Board by Lorene I. Rogers, Lincoln E. Moses, Warren W. Willingham, and Herman A. Witkin. The task force on Biomedical Sciences report is presented by Jerold Roschwalb, Lyle V. Jones, Robert H. Grant, and Penny D.…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Deans, Educational Administration, External Degree Programs
