Having no faculty or classrooms and offering no courses by mail or television, the external degree program at Thomas Edison State College in Pennsylvania is described as an accredited program whereby college credits are gained primarily through the use of CLEP (College Level Examination Program) tests and individual assessment. (BM)

A study of faculty attitudes toward external degrees at the University of Michigan reports a generally positive response. Relevant literature is reviewed, receptivity scores are reported, and a predictive model accounting for 74 percent of the variance in receptivity is described.(Author/MLW)

Describes the baccalaureate programs offered by Sangamon State University, an upper-division or "capstone" college, on the Illinois Central College campus in East Peoria. The programs are designed for employed, adult two-year college graduates who cannot leave the East Peoria area to attend a four-year college. (DC)

The author describes a non-traditional art course offered by the British Open University. The aims of the course are more affective than cognitive, and this led the course developers to modify the educational technology approach to its design.

Considered the development and merits of the Open University as well as its need for reexamination. (RK)

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)

A discussion of the need to find an appropriate structure for decision making within the University, and the need for changes in the structure of higher and adult education generally. (Author)

A description of distance education in Great Britain, which is defined as a multimedia educational process conducted outside the traditional classroom setting. (HB)

A description of the Open University as a multimedia system for teaching at a distance with consideration of possibilities of transplanting both the concept and the actuality of the university as an institution to the Third World. (HB)

One new Florida institution, through its external program, will produce more education doctorates -- 1600 in three years -- than the three largest traditional producers. Other external programs are springing up, some with greatly relaxed standards. Presents an analysis of this development. (Author/DN)

The adult degree program (ADP) at Goddard College in Vermont is a nontraditional program for students over 26 who once started but never completed work toward their BA degree. Goddard offers parttime study, with no grades, required courses, texts, lecture halls, or residency requirements. (Author/PG)

Memorial University of Newfoundland combined with the Educational Television Centre to offer courses to off-campus students. (PG)

An analysis of the instructional systems approach used at nonresidential colleges in the United States and Great Britain. (HB)