Some insight is given into the possible use of a universal college in a 6-4-4 school system in the future. The universal college would combine the eleventh and twelth grades with the community college to increase vocational and technical skills needed for occupational opportunities and to reduce educational dropout. (DS)

Article analyzes the impetus for alternative schools' development, their present status, and reactions to their development. (Editor)

In keeping with the college's goals of de-emphasizing academic boundaries and the decentralization of administration, the architects created flexible loft'' spaces along a linear indoor street'' an an efficient and rational form to de-emphasize the building and emphasize people. (Author)

New College, the University of Hawaii's most comprehensive effort to rethink and reinvigorate undergraduate education, is practically alone among experimental colleges that have sprouted throughout the nation in the last few years in doing so many things right. (Author/MB)

Teaching experiences in an experimental college where students are members of ethnic minority groups and parents have low socioeconomic backgrounds. (HS)

The Ting meeting, as used in the New Experimental College, Thy, Denmark, is discussed. (DB)

Author criticizes the educational reformers who, through changes that they advocate in the college classroom, would like to execute a significant radical gesture calculated to shake the entire American system." (Author/DR)

Four living-learning communities are analyzed in terms of their cultural implications. (Editor)

The concept of the free university is presented: its history, structure, philosophy, examples of courses taught, fee information, and the idea of self-directed learning. Information is also included on the Free University Network and on how to start a free university. (CT)

Annotated listings include: four-year undergraduate degree programs; two-year associate degree programs; graduate degree programs; nontraditional individualized programs; university without walls programs; colleges offering credited experiential programs; credited enrichment, in-service, and continuing education opportunities; additional…

New College, a private institution in Florida that focused on independent study, has now become an upper-division college of the University of South Florida. The author discusses the administrative and financial difficulties of New College in relating its history. (PG)

This report discusses briefly the concept of open education and its application at the college and university level. Efforts already underway in the United States and abroad are covered in two appendices. Four models of open universities are described in some detail. One model is based on the extension of community college activities. The second…

James Madison College of Michigan State University provides a 4-year, residentially-based program devoted to the study of major social, economic, and political policy problems. It offers 5 fields of concentration: (1) Ethnic and Religious Intergroup Relations Policy Problems; (2) International Relations Policy Problems; (3) Justice, Morality and…

The founders of the Experimental College (EC) at the University of North Carolina attempted to design an educational program based on interest motivation and providing a learning situation in which students were active participants. Beliefs held by the student founders that most regular University courses were not stimulating learning or creative…

This study offers a preliminary description of the faculty members at the University of Minnesota who have worked with University Without Walls (UWW) students outside of the conventional classroom setting. The American Council on Education Faculty questionnaire was sent to 141 university faculty members; 53 percent responded. Findings indicated:…