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Download full textBarrett, Laurence; And Others – 1972
This document, reporting on a visit to the University Without Walls (UWW) of the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, opens with a definition of the Union. When the Union applied for Correspondent Status in the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, it was agreed that the decision should be based on the…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Experimental Colleges, Experimental Curriculum, External Degree Programs
Miller, David – 1972
This report discusses briefly the concept of open education and its application at the college and university level. Efforts already underway in the United States and abroad are covered in two appendices. Four models of open universities are described in some detail. One model is based on the extension of community college activities. The second…
Descriptors: Experimental Colleges, Experimental Schools, Extension Education, External Degree Programs
Johnson, Jeffrey N. – 1974
This study offers a preliminary description of the faculty members at the University of Minnesota who have worked with University Without Walls (UWW) students outside of the conventional classroom setting. The American Council on Education Faculty questionnaire was sent to 141 university faculty members; 53 percent responded. Findings indicated:…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Experimental Colleges, External Degree Programs, Higher Education
Brooks, Dennis – College Management, 1972
A report from Britain's Open University that teaches students in their spare time through a mixture of television and radio, correspondence courses, summer schools and evening classes. (Editor/PG)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Experimental Colleges, Extension Education, External Degree Programs
Open Univ., Walton, Bletchley, Bucks (England). – 1972
This report concerns the extablishment and development of the British Open University. Contents include the descriptions of: the development of the institution; staffing the open university; development of the Milton Keynes Campus; undergraduate course development; regional organization; demand for open university courses; development, production,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Experimental Colleges, Experimental Schools
Johnson, Jeffrey N. – Alternative Higher Education, 1976
Results of a questionnaire survey of 67 persons from the nonacademic community who served as Community Faculty are presented. Included are demographic characteristics of the faculty, descriptions of student-faculty relationships, feelings about students, attitudes toward credits for life experience and remuneration, role definitions, and attitudes…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Support, Consultants, Experimental Colleges
Lunneborg, Patricia W. – 1994
This book examines the successes of the Open University (OU), a concept now 25 years old, in overcoming obstacles to higher education faced by nontraditional students, and particularly those faced by older women. The OU has no entry qualification, requires no tests, admits all applicants on a space-available basis, and awards a Bachelor's degree.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Andragogy, Case Studies
