This volume provides an extensive compendium of information about the changes occurring in higher education that are expanding the opportunities through which individuals can learn and gain recognition for that learning. The first section of the report is concerned with programs that were operational by fall 1972 while the second section focuses…

Describes the West Germany "Fernuniversitaet," an innovative distance education university. Organization, governance, enrollment, course content, and research activities are discussed. (SK)

This manual consists of a compilation of executive orders, policies, procedures, guidelines, and recommendations pertaining to external degree programs. The manual has been assembled in loose-leaf form to facilitate revision as policies change or additional guidelines are developed. Emphasis is placed on (1) criteria to be utilized by the…

Dimensions and perspectives of the external degree as a potential thrust for the University System of Georgia, are explored in this report. Emphasis is placed on a definition of terms, significant developments in the external degree movement, the scope of educational decisionmaking required in planning external degree programs, forces and…

The proceedings of the Western Conference on External Degree Programs held in San Francisco, February 17-19, 1974, are presented. The keynote address discusses strategies for educational innovation, while two other speeches discuss the stresses of universalism and an interim conference report. Notes and questions from small group discussions, the…

It is estimated that 2,715 individuals in the area served by California State University, Sacramento are interested, educationally qualified, and willing to pay the fees for enrollment in External Degree programs. Those interested in external degree programs have a mean age of 33, are predominantly male, married, and employed full-time in…

Nova University's Program for Community College Administrators and Teachers, inaugurated in 1972 as a field-based doctoral program, addresses itself to the staff development needs of the two-year college practitioners. An overview of Nova's practical problem-oriented approach, curriculum, and cluster organization is presented. (JDS)

A staff member of Minnesota Metropolitan State College describes her first reactions to the new upper-level institution. (PB)

All of the resources of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area are being used in the remarkable new Minnesota Metropolitan State College. (Editor)

This is a brief review of the development of the external degree program in New York State and in England. The author suggests that American universities may wish to consider the external degree as a device for taking higher education out to new markets. (Editor)

This article discusses a recently developed educational alternative in the United States. This is the "university without walls," characterized by independent study combined with vocational training. (Text is in German.) (Author/AM)

Guidelines are presented for an approach to specification of competencies appropriate to Extended Degree Programs, i.e., the course or program translation approach. Program designers begin by identifying a number of courses or curriculum areas, then deductively reducing them to competency statements of greater specificity until instructional…