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Facilitating Non-Traditional Learning: An Update on Research and Evaluation in Intensive Scheduling.
Doyle, Richard J.; Yantis, John – 1977
Intensive scheduling has been shown to be an effective educational medium. The Institute for Personal and Career Development at Central Michigan University has developed an external degree program for adults that uses various innovative approaches including intensive scheduling. Several scheduling patterns are offered. A number of studies have…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cognitive Development, Continuing Education Centers, Continuing Education Units
TIETGENS, HANS – 1966
ALTHOUGH EUROPEAN ADULT EDUCATION GREW OUT OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, THE GERMAN MOVEMENT LONG TENDED TO REJECT THIS ORIGIN. EVEN AFTER 1945, ADULT EDUCATION IN GERMANY WAS JUSTIFIED BY CONSIDERATIONS OF MASS SOCIETY. SINCE THEN, HOWEVER, THE MOBILITY OF SOCIETY HAS COME TO BE CONSIDERED THE DETERMINING FACTOR. THE "VOLKSHOCHSCHULEN"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education Centers, Cooperative Planning, Educational Certificates
CURTIS, CARROLL A.; HAYES, ROBERT B. – 1967
PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAD SHOWN THAT SIMULATION COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THREE OF SIX HOURS OF ACTUAL DRIVING INSTRUCTION, A CONCENTRATED COURSE OF INSTRUCTION COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ONE OF SEVERAL WEEKS OR MONTHS, AND USE OF SIMULATOR MOVIES WITHOUT THE EQUIPMENT HAD VALUE. IN THIS STUDY, DATA ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Educational Research, High School Students, Instructional Films
Peck, Charles E.; Denman, F. L. – 1969
Volume II of this study reports two nationwide surveys of distributive education teacher-coordinators: (1) survey of time and place for teaching distributive education topics and (2) survey of added training needed by the teacher-coordinator. From the population of both the high schools and the community colleges, a systematic random sample of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Distributive Education, Distributive Education Teachers
Kincaid, Harry V. – 1966
A mail questionnaire survey was made of employment, formal training, and the use of apprenticeships within the metalworking industry for the "growth occupations" of maintenance electrician, tool and die maker, electronic technician, maintenance mechanic, millwright, and welder. Over 2,400 metal working plants in the United States with 500 or more…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Apprenticeships, Correspondence Study, Enrollment
de Wolf, Virginia A.; Eeckhoudt, Jeannette – 1977
All students receiving master's degrees, doctoral candidacy status, and doctorates at the University of Washington between fall 1974 and the summer quarter 1975 were studied. Data are reported for male, female, and total groups on source of bachelor's degree, age at entry, number of years since receipt of the most recent degree, credits earned,…
Descriptors: Age, Credits, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Clegg, Denzil O. – 1969
This survey of continuing education opportunities for Cooperative Extension personnel in the 13 western states covered four types of leave programs: sabbatical leave, educational or study leave with pay, leave without pay, and official leave used to study. Data were gathered on duration of leave, percentage of normal salary received, years of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Courses, Educational Opportunities, Educational Responsibility
McCombs, Barbara Leherissey; And Others – 1974
Media adjunct programing (MAP) techniques for presenting individualized, self-paced instruction were compared to traditional instructor-classroom (TIC) techniques in an undergraduate pilot Weather course. The MAP group completed the course in significantly less time than did the TIC group, representing a 29 percent time savings. In addition, MAP…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Curiosity

Trzebiatowski, Gregory L.; Peterson, Stephen – Journal of Medical Education, 1979
In a survey of faculty, five issues in which opinions were most diverse include: adequacy of program content, time available for faculty to do research, work demands on faculty, basic medical knowledge of three-year students, and quality of post-M.D. positions obtained by three-year graduates. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Curriculum Evaluation, Faculty Workload, Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1996
Data are provided on 142 college and university fund-raising campaigns, by institution type (public, private, research/doctoral, master's, liberal arts, two-year, medical centers, professional and specialized). Information includes campaign goal, beginning date, length, scope, and gift amounts (both face and present value) raised by June 30, 1995.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1991
National data on doctoral recipients include information on students' gender, citizenship, racial or ethnic background, planned postdoctoral study and employment, and primary postdoctoral employment activity by field. The median age, time from bachelor's to doctoral degree, years as a graduate student, and proportion with same-field undergraduate…
Descriptors: Age, Citizenship, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1983
Part of a series of position papers prepared by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), this pamphlet considers the need for extended teacher education programs. Seven alternative models of extended teacher preparation programs are described: (1) four-plus-one (B.A.); (2) four-plus-one (internship); (3) five-year (B.A.…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Trends
GREENE, PATRICIA H.; MORGAN, VINONA L. – 1967
THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE WAS PREPARED TO HELP THOSE SETTING UP TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS' ASSISTANTS IN CHILD CARE AND GUIDANCE. IT PROVIDES FOR A TWO-YEAR PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, WHICH MAY, OR MAY NOT, LEAD TO THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE. SUGGESTED ADJUSTMENTS IN COURSE CONTENT ARE INCLUDED FOR A ONE-YEAR PROGRAM. GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Child Care, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
MCKIM, LESTER W. – 1965
THIS BOOKLET, ADDRESSED PRIMARILY TO INDIANA LANGUAGE TEACHERS, RECOMMENDS GREATER COMMUNICATION AMONG ALL LANGUAGE TEACHERS, AT ALL LEVELS AND WITHIN EACH LANGUAGE. THE SECTION ON COLLEGE LEVEL LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION CONSIDERS THE DIFFICULTY OF PROPER PLACEMENT, THE CONFUSION IN THE VARIETY OF POLICIES AFFECTING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENTRANCE AND…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, High Schools, Higher Education
DICKENSON, GARY; VERNER, COOLIE – 1967
RESEARCH ON THE LECTURE TECHNIQUE CONDUCTED WITH ADULT GROUPS HAS BEEN FAR MORE VARIED THAN PREADULT RESEARCH, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF THE CLASSROOM METHOD IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING. STUDIES HAVE BEEN MADE OF IMMEDIATE OR DELAYED RECALL OF FACTUAL INFORMATION, OF MODIFICATION OF ATTITUDES OR BEHAVIOR, OF DELIVERY OVER RADIO…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Audiovisual Aids, Behavior Change