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Download full textKreplin, Hannah – 1971
This paper examines programs of course credit by examination in American higher education. After a brief sketch of the credit-hour system, various programs in actual operation are described. The ensuing analysis focuses on the following issues: appropriateness of various subject-matters to programs of credit by examination; attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Acceleration, College Administration, College Credits, College Faculty
Goodenough, S. – 1978
A case study of the Directorate of Correspondence Courses at Panjab University, an Open University school in India, is presented. Areas of discussion include characteristics of the country, the educational system in India, and the Directorate of Correspondence Courses. Specific topics include: the physical setting; the population; the economy; the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Programs, Correspondence Study
Harry, Keith – 1978
A case study of the correspondence and open studies unit of the University of Lagos, an Open University school, is presented. Areas of discussion include characteristics of the country, the educational system in Nigeria, and the correspondence and open studies unit. Specific topics include: the physical setting of Nigeria; the population; the…
Descriptors: African Culture, Case Studies, College Administration, College Admission
Maryland Univ., College Park. Univ. Coll. – 1984
Eighty papers from a 1984 international conference on improving university teaching are presented. Topics include the following: predicting achievement and overcoming disadvantages for first-year students, the impact of technology on higher education, using student conceptions of learning and teaching, problems and solutions for teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Administration, College Faculty, College Freshmen
Harry, Keith – 1978
A case study of the correspondence course unit at the University of Nairobi, an Open University school, is presented. Areas of discussion include characteristics of the country, the educational system provided by the Government of Kenya, and the correspondence course unit. Specific topics include: the physical setting of Kenya; communications; the…
Descriptors: African Culture, Case Studies, College Administration, College Admission
Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas, London (England). – 1978
The following articles and reports are presented in this publication of "Overseas Universities:""Appropriate Technology and University Education," by John Twidell; "The Training of Engineering Staff for Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries," by D. W. Daniel, C. A. Leal, J. H. Maynes and T. Wilmore;…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Administration, College Faculty, College Planning
Quay, Richard H. – 1981
A bibliography of articles by Alexander W. Astin on the social psychology of higher education is presented. Entries are presented by year, starting with 1980 and dating back to 1956. Topics that are covered include: equal access to higher education, student persistence and attrition, higher education policy, selective admissions and open…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Activism
