Adult degree programs have been seen as a win-win solution for private colleges and adult learners, but their innovative and often-entrepreneurial postures are not a natural fit with governance structures in more traditional institutions. Through narrative and illustrative vignettes, this chapter presents an overview of efforts employed by some…

While nonclassroom learning activities provide tremendous educational opportunities, higher education managers must assess the compatibility of the learning program with the basic attitudes, characteristics, beliefs, and culture of the institution for successful implementation. (MSE)

The literature on nonclassroom learning provides information on the benefits, implementation, costs, and means of assessment and suggests that a key factor in successful implementation is academic leadership. (MSE)

A critic of innovation, change, and experimentation in higher education discusses nontraditional delivery systems and the pitfalls of being a critic. Quality and standards of education are discussed along with the accrediting process and abuses in nontraditional delivery systems. (MLW)

For traditional educational institutions, the incentives for technological innovation and its efficiencies are very weak, and the incentives to protect the core arrangement are teaching and prevailing organizational structures are very strong. Computers are creating a need for telecommunications services on campus. (MLW)

The Higher Education Utilization Study conducted in 1979 and 1980 looked at television, radio, and audio. Information about current uses of television and radio by institutions of higher education and opinions about the factors that affect these uses was analyzed. (MLW)

The functions of graduate and continuing education increasingly overlap. Trends favoring continuing education and the implications for graduate education are discussed. (Author/MLW)

New concepts of adult education underlie the development of recurrent education programs as one type of nonformal or out-of-school learning. (LBH)

Ways in which a nontraditional institution has established formal structures to support comprehensive institutional development and has faced the problems of statewide cutbacks are described. (Author/LBH)

Data from a national study suggest that continuing education programs demonstrate considerable entrepreneurial activity.

Museums and art galleries have potential for exciting learning programs for adult students. Courses must be consciously constructed to meet adult learners' expectations for personal growth, and detailed planning is required for complex logistical details of courses offered locally or abroad. However, good programs will have a growing audience.…

Where there are faculty shortages, audio-teleconferencing can be used to bring needed knowledge to college and university classes. The American Chemical Society's audio-teleconference courses are described and the need for an association is discussed. (Author/MLW)

The opportunities and issues in the delivery of higher education telecommunications services are discussed. Educational objectives are identified: time and place flexibility for nontraditional students, interinstitutional cooperation, cost sharing, recruiting and public information, networking, sharing human resources, and student laboratory…

To aid the modernization of underdeveloped countries and of regions in developed nations such as the U.S., nonformal education may be more powerful than formal schooling. (LBH)

Special counseling and guidance, financial assistance, and flexible course scheduling are the most pressing concerns of women who want to resume their education. Brief summaries are given of nine different women's programs around the country, which demonstrate the ways in which institutions and organizations are solving the problem trilogy.…