Cross-crediting, or credit transfer, exists in Australia as a confused plethora of agreements in and amongst tertiary institutions. By and large the student is responsible for initiating or requesting credit for studies undertaken elsewhere, either in the past or concurrently. This study describes the development of an agreement on cross-crediting…

The distribution of academic programs in Connecticut as of July 1984 and recent trends in program approval are reviewed. Attention is focused on planned curricula that award certificates or degrees and that comprise five groupings: behavioral and social sciences, general and interdisciplinary studies, humanities, occupational/professional studies,…

The overall concerns of program design of field experience programs are dealt with, including funding, academic credit, and program administration. (Editor/PG)

The impact of changing fee schedules at Florida State University on average student loads is examined. The two types of schedules used in the study are the pre-credit-hour fee schedule and block fee schedule (set amount for full-time students regardless of number of hours). The major variables considered in the study are student level and credit…

This guide is one of a series of four such guides that are directed toward those people who provide financial counseling to consumers who have problems with overindebtedness. Recognizing that many who serve as financial counselors have little training in the field (for example, clergymen or social workers), the guides are not offered as complete…

This guide is one of a series of four such guides that are directed toward those people who provide financial counseling to consumers who have problems with overindebtedness. Recognizing that many who serve as financial counselors have little training in the field (for example, clergymen or social workers), the guides are not offered as complete…

This guide is one of a series of four such guides that are directed toward those people who provide financial counseling to consumers who have problems with overindebtedness. Recognizing that many who serve as financial counselors have little training in the field (for example, clergymen or social workers), the guides are not offered as complete…

The major purposes of the study were to determine (1) the extent to which students receiving College Level Examination Program (CLEP) credit in mathematics pursue courses in the disciplines, (2) their achievement in advanced mathematics courses compared to other students of similar academic ability, and (3) the potential loss of course credit…

Much of the controversy in discussions of tuition tax credits for elementary and secondary education has been over the question of who would benefit from the various proposals. This report presents data from the 1978 October supplement to the Current Population Survey that show, for the first time, who attends private schools and what tuitions…

This report relates Macomb County Community College's experience with mail registration for fall 1977 and fall 1978, drawing comparisons with headcount and total credit hour data for on-site registration. In addition, data concerning average credit hours taken per student during both terms are presented. Of the students who enrolled during fall…

Computer assisted instruction is beginning to have an important role in the rapidly expanding field of continuing education for health science professionals. At the present time, there are 22 medical specialty boards, all of which require or are about to require some form of continuing medical education for re-certification, and studies are being…

Two hundred and fifty-eight books, pamphlets, periodicals, games and simulations, films, filmstrips, multimedia packages, tours, and speakers on microeconomic analysis for consumer economics are listed in this annotated bibliography. Designed for secondary-level students, the materials were published between 1960 and 1970 by both major publishers…

Questionnaires on the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) were sent to representatives of all the member institutions of the National University Extension Association (NUEA) and the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE). From the 359 questionnaires distributed, responses were received from 216 institutions or branch campuses, a 60%…

The training course is designed to develop the awareness needed in accepting checks, as well as what to do in a situation where the person is purposely passing fraudulent checks. The format of the document is a two-column arrangement with an outline of the material to be taught juxtaposed next to suggestions for teaching the material. Four…

This article deals with two ideas that are of special interest to adult continuing educators. The first innovation is the continuing education unit (CEU), which is a means for providing a uniform measure of recognition to the adult non-credit student. A CEU represents ten contact hours of participation in a continuing education non-credit learning…