Credit course registration characteristics for the extension classes program, Continuing Education and Extension, University of Minnesota, are presented and provide a basis for future program planning and evaluation. Based on 1974-75 data, the report focuses on the Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester locations. The text discusses: courses,…

Directed study is an individualized on- or off-campus learning experience arranged between an undergraduate student and one or more University of Minnesota faculty members for academic credit in an area not covered by regular courses. The College of Liberal Arts Office for Special Learning Opportunities (OSLO) investigated the directed study…

This practicum recommends a policy of granting academic credit for prior learning as a viable alternative to the traditional accrediting policy of Bristol Community College (BCC) in Massachusetts. The polity recommendation is based on an extensive survey of the literature, and a national survey of 100 randomly selected colleges and universities.…

This is a statistical report on programs and student enrollments of organizations affiliated with the Association of University Evening Colleges (AUEC) and the National University Extension Association (NUEA). Programs and registrations are listed by institutions under classes, conferences, correspondence, and total registrations, and registration…

This is a directory of 129 off-campus study centers sponsored in 1968 by 14 Federal agencies in cooperation with 91 schools and universities; nearly 26,000 government employees received career-related training and higher education opportunities. The agency may provide classroom facilities and training equipment; the university provides the…

The social invention of consumer credit has expanded greatly during the past 20 years with resulting abuses such as personal overextension of credit or lenders taking an unfair advantage of less knowledgeable consumers. With the new types of credit and great amounts of money involved, it is essential for consumers, distributors, and educators to…

Each of the 3 basic units--elementary, secondary, college--of the American educational system was originally intended to be terminal. The knowledge explosion and growing demands of technological society, however, have made graduate and higher professional education necessary for increasing numbers of citizens. As a result, the nation is deprived…

The document is a manual for local consumer finance offices, to guide them in their participation as an industry in a Chamber of Commerce Business-Education Day, a program offered as a means for teachers and business executives to become better acquainted, exchange views, clear up misconceptions, and gain better insight into each other's problems.…

The Community Involvement Program is a statewide community college program in Washington offering credit for community-based learning. Excerpts from several Community Involvement Program reports are presented: (1) overview of the Community Involvement Program (from the final report)--the CIP facilitated the development of a community-based…

Consumer Education is a mini-course designed for all seniors in high school. It was developed on the premise that a student needs to evolve his own value system, develop a sound decision-makingprocedure based upon his values, evaluate alternatives in the marketplace and get the best buys for his money, understand his rights and responsibilities as…

This self-study program for the high-school level contains lessons on: What to Look for in Narrative Writing, Interpreting Figurative Writing, Keeping Track of the Subject in Writing, and Reading Literature for Understanding. Each of the lessons concludes with a Mastery Test to be completed by the student. (DB)

This self-study program for high-school level contains lessons on: Life Functions and Cells; Cell Structure; Tissues, Organs, Systems; Growth and Nutrition; and Metabolism. Each of the lessons concludes with a Mastery Test to be completed by the student. (DB)

The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…

This review examines the various undergraduate study abroad programs and the problems involved in evaluating the programs for the granting of transfer credits. The five major factors influencing the credit evaluation decision are enumerated, and their importance is discussed. (MML)

As part of a continuing study of student flow in the seven Hawaii community colleges, this study examined the number and characteristics of fall 1975 entering students who did not enroll at their campus of entry (non-enrolled) in fall 1976, but who registered at one of the other community colleges. Of the total fall 1975 entering students (8,979),…