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Download full textHANSEN, F. LLOYD – 1957
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRESPONDENCE STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA STRESSED LIBERAL ARTS CREDIT COURSES DURING ITS EARLY PERIOD. EXCEPT DURING 1933-37, GROWTH BETWEEN 1913 AND 1953 WAS RAPID AND QUITE CONSISTENT, RISING FROM 83 REGISTRATIONS IN 1913-14 TO 3,458 IN 1952-53. TEACHERS, COLLEGE GRADUATES, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PREPARING FOR COLLEGE,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Correctional Education, Correspondence Study
Kreitlow, Burton W.; And Others – 1981
Controversies over adult education purposes, methods, audiences, and procedures are examined. After outlining a procedure for reviewing competing positions on controversial topics, the book pairs the contrasting views of two authors on each of 10 key issues facing adult education. Chapters cover: philosophies at issue (David L. Boggs); identifying…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Memphis State Univ., TN. – 1979
This Marketing I curriculum guide contains ten units of instruction that may be taught as they are or used in conjunction with the teacher's own instructional materials. The ten units, which may be presented in any order, include (1) Orientation/Job Interview, (2) Communications, (3) Human Relations, (4) Mathematics, (5) Selling, (6)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Competency Based Education
Medick, Glenn A., Ed. – 1980
These proceedings contain twenty-one presentations made at the Second Annual Conference of the Council on the Continuing Education Unit (CEU). The opening speeches--Introduction to the CEU and Future Directions for a Learning Society--are followed by the panel discussion presentation, The CEU: Can It Withstand Scrutiny?, and two respondent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Business, College Programs
Campbell, Dale F.; Korim, Andrew S. – 1979
Trends and issues in the shift of four-year colleges and universities in adding associate degree occupational programs are considered. After a brief historical overview, the status of occupational programs at four-year institutions is discussed, with emphasis on the patterns of organization at various institutions. The shift in mission of the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Credits
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1978
The transcript of joint hearings on college assistance legislation before the Senate Committee on Human Resources and the House Committee on Education and Labor is presented. The hearings concern amendment of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) program. Witnesses included Joseph A. Califano,…
Descriptors: College Students, Eligibility, Family Income, Federal Aid
Prentice, Dinah, Ed. – 1979
This report represents the work of a national task force on youth employment policy convened to identify and address the basic educational issues generated by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), part of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). It is organized around the broad problem areas of concern to the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Career Guidance, Cooperative Planning
PDF pending restorationBlank, Rolf – 1979
The state of Maryland is the subject of this case study on the awarding of academic credit in local educational agency (LEA)-Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs. Three focuses of the report are descriptions of the existing LEA-CETA programs in Maryland that award academic credit and the related local policies and practices,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Board of Education Policy, Career Education, Case Studies
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Community Coll. System. – 1977
This report summarizes data on the progress of students who entered the Hawaii community college system in fall 1975 during their first four semesters. It indicates continuation rates, full-time/part-time ratios, the relationship between credits attempted and credits earned, changes of major, the number of graduates, and changes in the…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Graduates, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Davison, Richard L. – 1978
Seventeen numerical tables and two geographic maps display enrollment data for 13 postsecondary institutions in North Dakota. Data tables present: (1) headcount enrollment by grade level for each institution; (2) full-time enrollments; (3) total student credit hours of part-time students; (4) full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollments of part-time…
Descriptors: Age, College Credits, College Programs, College Students
Sherman, Lawrence W.; And Others – 1978
The findings of a two-year national study on the problems of U.S. police education are examined in this report of a commission whose members were noted educators, police administrators, and public officials. The following recommendations are among those offered: (1) the majority of federal funds for police higher education should go to programs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Education, College Credits, College Faculty
Ekstrom, Ruth B.; Lockheed, Marlaine E. – 1976
Materials to facilitate the evaluation of the competencies women acquire from domestic and volunteer work were developed, so that academic credit might be awarded for these skills, and so that women's entry or re-entry into post secondary education might be enhanced. The project staff reviewed the literature, contacted volunteers and volunteer…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Skills, Check Lists, Classification
Armstrong, David F.; Munson, Ann R. – 1978
Selected biographic and demographic characteristics of the 15,168 students enrolled at Montgomery College for fall 1977 were analyzed. Analysis showed: (1) the mean age for all students was 26.06 years; (2) 55% were female; (3) 71% were white, 8% black, 1% Spanish-American, and 14% foreign born; (4) 90% were Montgomery county residents; (5)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age, College Credits, Community Colleges
Hall, Mary – 1975
During 1972-74, three separate but interrelated statewide policies were enacted providing the legal basis for moving Oregon public schools and the postsecondary institutions preparing educational personnel for these schools to a competency-based orientation. These three policy areas dealt with 1) changes in the minimum requirements for graduation…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Competency Based Education, Credits, Curriculum Design
Trim, J. L. M., Ed. – 1973
This paper presents a consolidated report of the work of a group of experts investigating the possibility of organizing modern language teaching/learning in the form of a units/credits system, in order to allow an approach based on the individual motivations and capacities of the adult learner. In particular, three issues considered central to the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Conferences, Cooperative Programs
