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Download full textGeorgia State Board of Education, Atlanta. – 1979
This guide contains information pertaining to Georgia law, rules, regulations, and standards of practice for regulating proprietary schools in Georgia. Section 1 of the guide presents operation guidelines, including definitions, exemptions, general provisions, certificates of approval of schools, and appeals procedures. Section 2 presents minimum…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Admission (School), Behavior, Business
MacKenzie, Ossian; And Others – 1968
Intended as a definitive study of correspondence study in the United States, this book covers its historical development, current practices, quality, fundamental characteristics, and present and possible roles in American education. Types of sponsors (the armed forces, the U.S. Armed Forces Institute, Federal government, private home study…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study, Educational Innovation, Educational Media
Holmberg, Boerje – 1967
A survey is presented of the types of problems which correspondence educators have to consider today. After discussion of the general characteristics and definitions of correspondence study, varying traditions in different parts of the world as to subject matter and student body are covered. A large, detailed section is given to the construction…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Bibliographies, College Curriculum, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Virtala, Mirja – Adult Education in Finland, 1984
The author discusses the promotion of basic general education as a main area of adult education, the adult population's level in basic general education and the desire to study school courses, the procedure for studying and passing school examinations, studying for and passing school courses, and the future of Finnish education. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Correspondence Schools
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1903
Volume 1 begins with an introduction by the Commissioner of Education, followed by statistics of state school systems. Other chapters include: (1) general laws relating to agricultural and mechanical land-grant colleges; (2) Benjamin Franklin's influence on American education, written by Francis Newton Thorpe; (3) the college-bred negro; (4)…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Legislation, Agricultural Education, Land Grant Universities
Ljosa, Erling – 1985
The historical traditions, organizational structures, funding, and public and academic esteem of the correspondence school and the campus-based regional college are all very different. Nevertheless, the relationship of the two institutions in Norway illustrates that they can form an association that is advantageous to both. Norway's largest…
Descriptors: College Programs, Conventional Instruction, Cooperative Planning, Correspondence Schools
Murphy, Paud – 1981
This report describes the activities of the first 5 years of the Lesotho Distance Teaching Center, which uses distance teaching methods to bring education to more people in Lesotho. Also described are the Center's internal organization, its relationship to other organizations in Lesotho, its costs, and some evaluation findings. Background…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Schools, Costs, Developing Nations
Lever, Judy C. – 1993
This resource guide provides information on distance education options and offers a directory of programs at various institutions in the United States and Canada. Following a brief preface on the development of the guide, "New Models for Higher Education in Changing Times," by Don Doucette, discusses the nature of distance learning, the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
National Home Study Council, Washington, DC. – 1993
Written expressly for the National Home Study Council (NHSC) school executive, this course is an introduction, refresher, and reminder on the various ethical and administrative standards developed by and required of NHSC-accredited schools. It is intended to acquaint accredited school staff with the NHSC Business Standards and should become an…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Codes of Ethics, Correspondence Schools
Wentworth, Robert B., Ed. – 1979
This second volume of a two-volume report on the Eleventh World Conference of the International Council for Correspondence Education (ICCE) contains conference proceedings and additional papers. (The advance papers are presented in volume 1.) Presented along with the outline of the conference sessions is other related information such as an…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study, Counseling Techniques, Educational Administration
CHILDS, GAYLE B.; AND OTHERS – 1960
IN THIS RETROSPECTIVE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CORRESPONDENCE STUDY, 1897 THROUGH 1960, ABOUT 1000 BOOKS, RESEARCH REPORTS, POPULAR AND SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ON CORRESPONDENCE STUDY ARE CITED OR ABSTRACTED. THE MAJOR AREAS OF SUBJECT MATTER INCLUDE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, RURAL AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies
National Home Study Council, Washington, DC. – 1961
THE NATIONAL HOME STUDY COUNCIL, A VOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION OF PRIVATE HOME STUDY SCHOOLS, HAS PUBLISHED UNDER ONE COVER THE DOCUMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS OF ITS ACCREDITING COMMISSION. THE FIRST OF NINE DOCUMENTS STATES THE OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES FOR ACCREDITATION BY THE COUNCIL. IT EXPLAINS (1) HOW A SCHOOL SUBMITS AN APPLICATION FOR…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Admission (School), Correspondence Schools, Educational Objectives
Japan Broadcasting Co., Tokyo – 1975
A special issue of NHK Today and Tomorrow, published by Japan Broadcasting Company, describes open-circuit and classroom broadcasts. Policies of NHK are explained and standards listed for educational programs in general, school programs, children's programs, and cultural programs. The scope of classroom broadcasts is described and a schedule…
Descriptors: Broadcast Industry, Correspondence Schools, Educational Development, Educational Television
Kaeley, Gurcharn S. – International Council for Distance Education Bulletin, 1987
Reviews distance education in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and discusses its impact on the country. Programs highlighted include the College of External Studies, the correspondence school of the National Department of Education; the University of Papua New Guinea; programs offered by corporations and government departments; and courses from outside PNG.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correspondence Schools, Developing Nations, Distance Education
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This book highlights programs and ideas that take advantage of small classrooms and of other resources in the local environment. The programs demonstrate the inventiveness and imagination of teachers in small schools. The following chapters are contained in the book: (1) "Draw From All the Resources in Your School," which includes…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Educational Innovation, Educational Resources, Educational Technology
