Discusses the areas in which the Reagan administration can be expected to act in education, such as tax credits for private school tuition and a reduction in federal aid. (IRT)

The Committee for General and Technical Education, acting on recommendation from the Council of Europe's Council for Cultural Cooperation, began research on "experiments undertaken in Europe on unit/credit systems, modular courses and any other system likely to promote mobility and harmonize at European level the conditions for obtaining a…

Consideration of a specific group, mature women enrolled in degree courses, leads to a wider examination of the role of higher education in Australia. Focus is on the role of education in the life of individuals and in society as a whole. (LBH)

Focus is on the Agway (a farm supply and food marketing cooperative) retail store system in this informational case history and how-to approach for designing, developing, and implementing a formal corporate management program. (Editor/TA)

Argues that the results of College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests, nationally recognized, high-quality examinations conventionally used to award college credits, should be included in students' grade point averages. This would provide important information to graduate schools. Regents College (New York) has adopted a procedure for…

Examines ways in which the home schools of 287 gifted students credited students' participation in accelerated high school courses sponsored by university summer programs. After program accreditation, the number of positive responses by the students' schools increased significantly, including giving course credit, appropriate placement within the…

Discussion of the development of distance education programs in the United States, Australia, Canada, and Great Britain focuses primarily on six programs in the United States. External degree programs are discussed, standard examinations that assess prior learning are described, and credit policies for extra-institutional learning are examined.…

Students (n=570, aged 12-16) who attended university-sponsored science and mathematics summer classes reported on their subsequent status at their regular schools pertaining to credit and placement issues. Advanced placement was given more often than credit, although in most cases both were awarded, particularly for high school level coursework.…

Presents a compilation of school library media certification requirements taken from responses to a national survey. For each state, existing certificates or endorsements are listed, along with credit hours and/or experience required, whether it is an accredited or approved program, and required subject areas or competencies. A directory of…

Indiana University is offering parents the opportunity to purchase credit hours at 1988 rates and use them for their children's college education after 1990. The university will place money from certificate sales in a trust managed by an independent financial adviser, who will invest the funds. (MLW)

To make European higher education systems compatible, several systems of certification are being considered, including the German model of final certification, the English model of accumulative certification, the American "add-on" model, and the French model, which extends the "add-on" model. The influence of business and…

Despite the necessity of lifelong recurrent learning, most financial aid is directed to younger students. One way to improve equity and flexibility is funding based on credits, increasing student choice, and enabling learners to influence the character and quality of the education provided. (SK)

Priorities for the British national task force on credit accumulation and transfer are a taxonomy of credit schemes, reform of academic structures and regulations, a national credit framework, and development of a credit-based resource methodology. (SK)

The records of 4,886 students in 18 Ontario high schools revealed that, compared to traditional full-year schools, dropout rates in matched semestered schools were lower for general-level students and much lower for basic-level students. There were no differences for advanced-level students. Contains 21 references. (SV)

Description of the issues surrounding introduction of assessment of prior experiential learning for nurse practitioners illustrates concerns in contemporary British higher education: multiplicity of purposes, fear that academics are losing control over knowledge creation and assessment, and shift from norm- to criterion-referenced assessment.…