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Peer reviewedLuckner, John L.; Sileo, Thomas W. – Innovative Higher Education, 1984
A survey of graduates' satisfaction with and perceptions of the effectiveness of off-campus and on-campus master's degree programs in special education revealed differences in attitudes toward service delivery and the importance of program goals in the two programs, but no differences in knowledge of program competencies or overall program…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Majors, Emotional Disturbances, External Degree Programs
Brophy, M.; Dudley, B. – Teaching at a Distance, 1983
Teacher training for Guyanese secondary science teachers in a school of education was compared with a distance-taught program by a variety of criteria: supervisor scoring using the Guyanese Ministry of Education's rating scale in classroom observation; self-ratings pupil ratings; and ratings by head teachers in schools having graduates of both…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Developing Nations, Distance
Download full textEsp, Barbarann – 1977
The University Without Walls program at Hofstra University was approved as an experimental unit within New College in 1973. The UWW program is competency-based, with students developing individual programs of study. Educational plans and prior learning from college and life experience are stated in learning contracts with short- and long-term…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, External Degree Programs
Stetson, Kenneth W. – 1979
The University Without Walls (UWW) programs at seven colleges were examined to identify common programmatic features and to determine both student and faculty/staff views of this educational endeavor. Attention was focused on the degree-granting process at the institutions. A total of 513 student questionnaires and 190 faculty/staff questionnaires…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Comparative Analysis, External Degree Programs, Higher Education
Hole, Wanda Clements; Seggerson, Sharon Corcoran – 1980
The purpose of this portion of a project was to compare External High School Diploma (EHSDP) competencies at Waukesha County (Wisconsin) Technical Institute with minimum high school competency requirements in (1) local school districts and (2) selected states. Testing focused on basic skills of mathematics, reading, and writing. Minimum competency…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis, Competence
Sullivan, Eugene J., Ed. – 1978
This conference report presents an executive summary of a 1976-77 study on external degree programs conducted by the Bureau of Social Science Research in cooperation with the American Council on Education, the keynote address, summaries of panel commentaries on research implications and policy implications, and a conference summary. The…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Conference Reports
