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Download full textCouncil of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1977
Policy regarding the quality of external degree programs (i.e., off-campus study, often of a nontraditional nature) leading to graduate degrees is presented. Topics covered include: establishment in each state of more effective procedures for review of off-campus graduate programs; review and evaluation procedures of regional accrediting…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Policy, Degree Requirements, External Degree Programs
Zanville, Holly K. – 1976
The study examined graduate and professional school receptivity to nontraditional student applicants by reviewing what institutions know about nontraditional education, what institutional attitudes and practices are regarding nontraditional education, and what institutions actually do in admissions procedures that permit access to nontraditional…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), Business Administration Education, College Applicants
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1976
This summary on Servicemen's Opportunity College (SOC) reports on the progress of the following SOC tasks: recruitment of additional SOCs; exploring extension of SOC to technical and vocational programs; exploring extension of SOC to graduate programs; publishing and distributing SOC catalogs and other materials; encouraging better liaison among…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, External Degree Programs, Financial Support
Sharp, Laure M.; Sosdian, Carol P. – 1978
A two-phase study of external degree holders was carried out in 1976-1977 by the Bureau of Social Science Research in cooperation with the American Council on Education and under the sponsorship of the National Institute of Education. Over 3,000 men and women who had received an Associate or Bachelor's degree since the commencement of these…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees
Open Univ., Walton, Bletchley, Bucks (England). – 1977
This introduction to the Open University contains an historical overview; a description of undergraduate, postgraduate, and associate-level courses of study; and information on course components, including printed material, television and radio, tuition and counseling, assignments and assessments, summer school, and course teams. Data and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Assignments, College Administration, College Applicants
