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Peer reviewedCoggins, Chere Campbell – American Journal of Distance Education, 1988
Discussion of variables that affect successful completion of external degree programs focuses on a study that investigated the association between learning style and persistence among students from the University of Wisconsin System Extended Degree Programs. Literature on distance education is reviewed, and results of the study are analyzed. (35…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Cognitive Style, Distance Education
McIntosh, Naomi E.; And Others – 1977
The present study is the first part of a longitudinal study following the progress of the first generation of Open University students through the university. It concentrates on the initial cohort of students, those entering in 1971. A comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect data, and covered in some detail the students' educational and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
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
McIntosh, Naomi E.
The Open University is discussed from the standpoints of problems, the design of the Student Application Form, an analysis of the student's progress, data collection techniques, and the course unit reporting system. Problems discussed include: the devising of an integrated multi-media system suitable for teaching degree-level courses; teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Collection, Educational Radio, Educational Television
Kleppick, Annabelle L.; And Others – 1978
The development and evaluation of a nontraditional program with a major in Long Term Care Administration is presented. Part 1 presents an evaluation of the impact of the program on students, faculty, the curricula for long term care administration, and in the field of practice. Student characteristics are established and the performance of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Bachelors Degrees, Curriculum Evaluation
Sosdian, Carol P. – 1978
Based on data collected for the first phase of a study conducted by the Bureau of Social Research in cooperation with the American Council on Education, this report examines the education- and work-related experiences of graduates from external degree programs at the undergraduate level to gather baseline information about how well such degrees…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees
