This report provides data on New York State's Aid for Part-Time Study (APTS) Program for the 1995-96 academic year. First authorized by the state legislature in 1984, the APTS program provides tuition awards to part-time students enrolled in a program leading to an undergraduate degree or certificate. Twelve tables provide data by institution type…

A study was done of the career paths of part-time students in higher education in the West Midlands (England). The study involved questionnaire and interview surveys of students in two substantial part-time degree programs, one at Warwick University offering courses in historical studies, literary and cultural studies, and social studies; and the…

The article questions current university practice of separating or ignoring the needs of part-time students in planning and budgeting. Available from: Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N OWO. (Author/MW)

This report presents results of a visit of vocational education practitioners from the United Kingdom to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to study the spread of career development education. An introduction describes vocational education and training in the FRG and the activities of the three groups of specialists in the visiting party who…

The significance of the part-time degree course in psychology at the University of Hull under the administration of an adult education department satisfies a need as envisaged by the Russell Report, for more part-time degrees other than those offered by the Open University. (BP)

Soviet education is designed not only to produce specialists whose skills will be more useful to the State, but also to reshape the character of the person so that it is compatible with Communist ideology. The study attempts to investigate and describe the development of higher education correspondence study in the U.S.S.R. Subproblems…

The 1974-75 academic year is the first in which student credit hours have been accumulated for the entire University of Maine, utilizing uniform definitions. The purpose of this document is to summarize those data for both semesters. A total of 578,457 student credit hours were generated by all campuses of the University of Maine during the…

The primary objectives of this study were to learn why individuals enroll, discontinue attendance, and remain in part-time adult education (PTAE) courses. Populations within the study were 2,429 enrollees, 303 dropouts, and 1,559 persisters in the Vocational, Technical and Adult Education (VTAE) system and 223 enrollees, 5 dropouts, and 149…

Survey questionnaires were administered to 1,500 persons in 70 part-time adult education classes to secure information about the reasons for their participation and to gain insight into the relationships of demographic and socioeconomic data with these reasons. It was intended that the findings would assist in future program planning. Some…

A consortium of 20 community colleges in Southern California enrolled approximately 8000 students for two televised college credit courses and made comparisons between these students and on-campus students in the same courses. Information was gathered either through questionnaires, college records, or interviews about course effectiveness,…

From its conception in 1945 Roosevelt University in Chicago has been innovative in its dealings with students, faculty and curriculum. Now, at a time when the enormous expansion of the state supported junior and senior colleges and fluctuations in the federal support of higher education has periled the existence of many private colleges and…

With the growing concern for the development of good mathematical education planning models, few states have developed the type of enrollment projection systems that they would consider to be ideal. The primary objectives of this research project were to develop, construct, and document an enrollment forecasting system for use by the Ohio Board of…

Continuing education programs are growing rapidly in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Here private universities are offering credit and noncredit courses off campus to take advantage of the influx of employees and their families accompanying corporate headquarters into the area. Discusses off-campus continuing education programs as they are being…

Study focuses on financial situation of part-time credit students, possible need for extended student assistance programs, and student attitudes toward financial assistance. Results indicate that only a minority of students would apply for financial assistance if it were made available. (Author/RW)