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Oliver, Robert M.; Hopkins, David S. P. – 1971
In this paper the authors propose a planning and budget model that is based on flows, enrollments and unit costs of educating student cohorts (dropouts and degree-winners) at a large university. Using 1969-70 data from the University of California and Stanford University and 1970-71 data from the University of Colorado, the model is used to…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Finance, Enrollment, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKelly, Edward M. – Educational Leadership, 1973
Author feels that the biggest threat to humanities education is the ease with which it can be eliminated in the continuing educational financial squeeze. (GB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems, Humanities, Humanities Instruction
Freedman, Leonard – NUEA Spectator, 1972
Article describes the role of Extension Education in the current movement toward external degrees. London University, The Open University, Empire State, and Goddard are some of the examples used as programs for non-traditional degrees. (GB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Extension Education, External Degree Programs, Progressive Education
Peer reviewedStone, Elizabeth – Change, 1975
Programs have been designed and counseling services have been set up to meet the special needs of adult women returning to school. (KE)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education
Peer reviewedWeil, Henry – Change, 1974
The Master of Human Services (MHS) offered by the College for Human Services, is intended to be the equivalent of any master's degree in social work. Students are provided with jobs in the field and are taught professional expertise over a varied 2-year (8 semester) period. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Higher Education, Masters Degrees, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedMcConnell, T. R. – Higher Education Review, 1974
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, International Education, Program Descriptions
Download full textKentucky Council on Public Higher Education, Frankfort. – 1974
This is a summary report on the total number of associate, baccalaureate, first-professional, master's and doctoral degrees conferred during the 1973-74 fiscal year by the 29 institutions of higher education in Kentucky accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. (Associate degrees are awarded for the completion of programs…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Doctoral Degrees, Higher Education
Valentine, John A. – 1972
The Executive Secretary of the Commission on Non-Traditional Study discusses the history of the Commission and his own views on non-traditional study. The total system of postsecondary education in this country needs to be enriched by alternative modes of access, learning, and recognition. External degrees, contract learning, and similar…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Relevance (Education)
Stashower, Gloria – College Management, 1974
The C.W. Post Center offers weekend courses for adults leading to an associate, bachelor's or master's degree with an informal atmosphere and nontraditional programs. (PG)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Innovation, Experimental Colleges, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSheahan, Sister Dorothy – Nursing Outlook, 1974
The external degree program, based solely on test proficiency, offers to its students not an educational opportunity; not a learning situation but a schema for securing a degree, with any kind of socialization into the profession conspicuously missing from the program. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Medical Education, Nurses, Nursing
Peer reviewedAnstett, Robert R. – College and University, 1974
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs, External Degree Programs, Graduates
Peer reviewedHigher Education Review, 1972
One of the major recommendations of the British James Report was for a Diploma in Higher Education (Dip HE) that would be a qualification to be awarded after a 2-year course of higher education. (Author)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Degree Requirements, Degrees (Academic), Higher Education
Peer reviewedWalker, G. R. – Education in Chemistry, 1973
Describes the present status of a concurrent degree course, chemistry-with-education, offered at seven universities. Indicates that the program is becoming more and more attractive with a future worth working for. (CC)
Descriptors: Careers, Chemistry, Curriculum, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHerrmann, Thomas J. – Journal of Medical Education, 1972
An alternative proposal to the reduction of the medical school curriculum from 4 to 3 years. (HS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Christ-Janer, Arland F. – College Board Review, 1972
The College Board's College Level Entrance Examination and the Educational Testing Service's Advanced Placement Program allow students to earn credits for degrees without formal courses. (HS)
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, Degree Requirements, Equivalency Tests
