Article describes the role of Extension Education in the current movement toward external degrees. London University, The Open University, Empire State, and Goddard are some of the examples used as programs for non-traditional degrees. (GB)

Community colleges go where their students are--suburban shopping centers. (Author)

Recognition of that segment of the population to whom higher education is inaccessible is leading many universities to consider the potential of initiating non-resident study programs. The characteristics of the delivery system implemented to transmit the instruction are of primary consideration in the design of such programs, since these…

Traces the history of university correspondence and extension programs in Australia since 1900. Built on a combination of British and American models, Australian external study provides degree programs for external students virtually identical to on-campus programs. (JT)

The external degree program should be developed as another alternative for widening range of interests and backgrounds of those pursuing a college degree. Examples of such programs are cited in this article. (JD)

ITV (instructional television) course development and ITV Center organization in the Dallas County Community College District (Texas) are discussed. (ER)

Higher educational institutions should get together to develop a coherent approach to nontraditional study to meet the diverse needs of an increasingly heterogeneous student population. (Author/PG)

The delivery of off-campus postsecondary programs for military personnel presents formidable challenges. As such programs come under critical examination, the University of Maryland's University College's experience in providing the armed forces with off-duty education opportunities at home and abroad is a successful example. (SK)

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…

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

Because the assumption that formal education should be completed between the ages of 18 and 24 is no longer tenable, the author suggests that universities will increasingly become continuing education institutions. The prediction is made that the role of extension education in the new situation will be large. (LF)

College Instittions have begun to use the dispersed campus, outreach and external degree programs, and new technology to meet the space needs of new programs and a widened constitutency. Explores the solution of relying on noncampus facilities and programs. (Author/DN)

This speech, given on March 23, 1971, at a luncheon meeting of the Troy Rotary, presents an overview of the Regents External Degree. After presenting opening humorous remarks, the author concentrates on a description of the External Degree, as modeled after the English Open University. The remainder of his remarks concern the progress made through…

Research indicates that planners of a program modeled after England's Open University must attend to individual differences much greater than those encountered in typical on-campus settings. (Author/PG)