Briefly discusses external degree programs in New York, Illinois, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Primary focus is on New York's Regents External Degree Program. (IRT)

This book examines the external degree in relation to the extremes of attitudes, myths, and data. Emphasis is placed on the emergence of the American external degree, foreign external-degree programs, the purpose of the external degree, the current scene, institutional issues, and problems of general policy. (MJM)

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…

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)

Described a program which will develop degree programs for adult students in three overlapping phases, following the pattern of development of the external degree in the United States. (Author/RK)

This document, the second of a two-part study, focuses on the area of continuing and adult education at Ferris State College (FSC), Michigan. An overview of the status of adult and continuing education and recommendations are provided by the schools of allied health, business, general education, education, pharmacy, technical and applied arts, and…

Describes the Open Access Study plan, an external degree program, of the Atlantic Institute of Education. (IRT)

The development of external studies programs in higher education, utilizing instructional design technology, is hypothesized to require the interaction of faculty content experts and curriculum specialists in a special type of development process. A model is proposed to include: (1) delineation of individual roles, (2) specification of the…

The Regents Associate in Applied Science in Nursing External Degree has the two major components of (1) general education and (2) nursing. Candidates having satisfied the requirements for each component will be awarded an Associate in Applied Science in Nursing degree by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. There are no…

Reports on the operation of the Open University which has developed a structured multi-media teaching system employing specially designed instructional texts, broadcasts on national networks, home experiment kits, tutor and computer marked tests, and residential summer schools. Particular emphasis in this report is on the geology program.…

The history, functions, and organization of the Open University International Documentation Centre on Distance Learning are described. It contains information on distance teaching projects and institutions in over 80 countries, samples of course materials, theoretical information on distance education, and documentation on education in all…

The presence or lack of the teaching function, the use of unconventional delivery systems, and the principle of student-directed learning are three sources of differentiation among nontraditional programs. (Editor)

The University of Southern California (USC) Library School offered an experimental self-paced, independent learning program during the 1976-1977 academic year to help those students who desire this type of professional training but are unable to attend classes on a daily or semi-weekly basis in the traditional pattern of scheduling. Program…

Continuing education for rural Americans is seen as a "step-child" to conventional on-campus programs. Elements of the British Open University are explored with the view of adapting them to American rural continuing education. (KR)