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 American Society for Training and Development Task Force developed four basic criteria to be met in order for training to qualify as a profession. A three-phase program for professional development in training will cover use of a manual and its objectives, a degree program, and a certification program. (DS)

Article examined the reasons for students, administrators, and faculty to be interested in external degrees. (RK)

Reviewing the status and ideology of continuing education, patterns of administration and program development, faculty attitudes and behavior, and financing problems it is concluded that imaginative, low cost programs, integration with the faculty, meeting student needs, and improved relations with the community are needed to promote continuing…

In most debates about teaching, learning, and research, the spatial context of education is either taken for granted or ignored. But places can be viewed as more than empty frames for social action; they can be seen as both historically constituted by social processes and, in turn, constituting those social processes. This paper aims to restore a…

Attempts to determine relevant indices of good practice by which external degree programs should be judged. (Author/RK)

An analysis of the underlying concepts and unique contributions of learning contracts to higher education.

One approach to achieving more particular guidelines for evaluation is to isolate one kind of extended campus program, in this case the extension of academic degree programs to military installations, to focus on its specific problems and then to base evaluation on an individual program's success in surmounting obstacles to academic quality.…

Presents the steps necessary for successful innovation, with emphasis on financing, selling the change to faculty, and evaluating the results. (Editor)

Students at the University Without Walls (UWW) of the University of Minnesota design their own program by writing a Long Term Degree Plan to describe how they plan to demonstrate their competence in each of UWW's seven graduation criteria. Because students have experienced difficulty in writing the plan, a seminar in process education was…

Author presented a case study of one particular educational endeavor in which there is a heavy reliance on modern technology. (Author/RK)

Analyzes responses of faculty members to participation in the University of California's Extended University, outlining reasons why teaching units and individual faculty members participate in or oppose the concept of part-time continuing education at on- and off-campus locations. Lists guidelines for others considering extended education or…

A study was conducted to determine if a market of potential students for an external Associate of Arts degree in general education existed and to develop a model for such a degree program. The extent to which a potential market existed was ascertained by surveying a sample (n=255) of adult students enrolled in non-credit programs offered by…

Survey data were collected from Illinois pharmacists to assess interest in an PharmD program. A discriminant analysis showed how employer support, reasons for participation, personal commitment and demographic characteristics contribute to explaining group variance of likely participants. It was found that external program design factors would be…

The proposed system for implementing new uses of telecommunication satellite technology is user-driven, addressing the needs of employed health personnel who would not otherwise have access to university resources, especially women, members of minority and disadvantaged groups, handicapped persons, and persons in rural areas. The plan, which…