This report contains an anthology of papers presented at the 26th National Conference on Higher Education held by the American Association for Higher Education. The papers present information concerning programs and developments in some of the nation's newer colleges that have grown up as a result of the demand for fewer traditional programs in…

The College of Thematic Studies of the University of Pennsylvania, is an experiment in interdisciplinary and interdepartmental work for undergraduates offering 51 courses in 7 topic areas from University Studies to Energy Management. (Author/PG)

Discusses the innovations taking place at Johnston College of the University of the Redlands, an experimental cluster college, including: governance, living-learning alternatives, and student life. (PG)

In view of the sixteen-year tenure (1933-1949) at Black Mountain College of Josef Albers, a former Bauhaus Master, and his wife, Anni, a Bauhaus graduate and teacher, exploration of the influence of the Bauhaus on this small, progressive, art-centered college in the mountains of North Carolina is warrented. (Author)

Describes the new innovative college recently added to the Washington State System. (HS)

Describes an all Negro college that opened in 1969. (HS)

This study compares students in a living-learning program with those in a conventional program. Attitudes and perceptions of the learning environment were the variables measured during the students' fourth semester in college. The learning environment variables were: democratic governance, undergraduate learning, freedom, and concern for…

The Paracollege of St. Olaf College is a satellite institution in which educational experimentation takes place. The paracollege has a student body of 240 and the faculty numbers 21. In addition to the other aims of St. Olaf as a whole, the Paracollege has as its objectives (1) to be an experimenting unit of St. Olaf College, always searching for…

The College of Rock and Roll in San Francisco is dedicated to the serious study of modern music. (Author)

The search for the atypical and non-mainstream college has been rather fruitless. The major universities, the graduate schools, and the academic guilds are found to be in almost full command of the system, and practically every other institution seems to be emulating them. (Author)

Offers questions to serve as an intellectual springboard for those involved in the planning, implementation, or evaluation of experimental colleges. (HS)