Described a program devised with the need to provide an access to higher education for the non-traditional student. (Author/RK)

The director of Nova University's national Ed.D. program for educational leaders assails Richard Morland and Phi Delta Kappan magazine for publishing material that questioned Nova's external degrees. (Author)

The University of Evansville study and other studies of external degree students indicate that these programs are useful in providing adults access to degrees. The combination of flexible requirements, student involvement, and individualization make the external degree the program of choice for many adults. (JOW)

A five-year study of the bachelor of science in nursing program at Regents College documents the plausibility and efficacy of a program in which learning is self-directed and acquired primarily through resources external to the institution and which is validated and certified by objective assessment instruments and procedures. (JOW)

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…

This paper focuses on the nature of contract learning at institutions set up partially or solely on that basis considering (1) contract learning that takes place as the complete educational experience, and (2) contract learning that takes place as one component of a traditional college or university program. Emphasis is placed on the general…

A 1987 evaluation of the Brisbane College of Advanced Education's external studies operations was conducted using a survey instrument sent to a sample of 397 external students, not including dropouts or those who have temporarily withdrawn. The survey was designed to collect information about the college's external students, their pattern of use…

This 1985 survey of staff attitudes toward external studies at Brisbane College of Advanced Education is a follow-up to a 1984 survey, the results of which were reported to college staff in September 1984. Goals of the 1985 survey were to facilitate the detection of new areas of concern and to assess the degree to which success had been achieved…

Authors analyzed the hidden curriculum of the Open University's teaching system. (Editor/RK)

"Correlates of quality," those parts of students' programs thought to influence the quality of students' work, were examined in a study of Minnesota's UWW program. Graduate dossiers were rated according the graduates' fulfillment of seven graduation criteria and correlated with barriers of students at admission, major area of study,…

The status of external degree programs in traditional institutions is examined. Basing evaluation on the guidelines set forth by the Carnegie Commission for Non-Traditional Study (l973); it is suggested that external programs have not adequately been integrated into the academic mainstream. (Author/MLW)

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

In recent years a number of institutions have offered the doctoral degree through nontraditional, external programs. The state of Florida has produced a disproportionate number of such graduate programs, including Heed University (Hollywood), Nova University (Fort Lauderdale), and Walden University (Naples). This paper discusses only the Walden…

The Regents External Degree Program of the University of the State of New York offers college degrees to anyone who can qualify. Discusses its development, its content, how credit is determined, and its meaning for students and their on the job performance. (Editor/RK)