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Alphin, Henry C., Jr., Ed.; Lavine, Jennie, Ed.; Chan, Roy Y., Ed. – IGI Global, 2017
Education is the foundation to almost all successful lives. It is vital that learning opportunities are available on a global scale, regardless of individual disabilities or differences, and to create more inclusive educational practices. "Disability and Equity in Higher Education Accessibility" is a comprehensive reference source for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Higher Education, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Callender, Claire, Ed.; Scott, Peter, Ed. – Trentham Books, 2013
Reflecting the changing ideological and economic perspectives of the government of the day, the expansion of higher education in England has prompted numerous reforms aimed at reshaping and restructuring the sector and its funding. Leading to student riots and sparking some of the sharpest controversies in British higher education the reforms…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Textbook Content
Poteet, G. Howard – 1979
Divided into ten sequential chapters, this book provides a comprehensive consumer guide to home study (correspondence study). Chapters deal with educational alternatives (how to select the best training, pros and cons of home study), what can be learned through home study (yacht designing, gemology, stock market investment, military or job skills…
Descriptors: Adults, Careers, Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study
Gardner, David Pierpont; Zelan, Joseph – 1974
This report is one of a series of background studies especially prepared for the Conference on Future Structures of Post-Secondary Education held in Paris in June 1973. Following a discussion of the stimuli for change and responses to this stimuli in American higher education, a detailed description of the Extended University of the University of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs, Extension Education
Bourner, Tom; And Others – 1991
A questionnaire survey sought to determine the characteristics of part-time university students in Great Britain, the reasons why they choose part-time study, the difficulties they encounter, the extent and incidence of non-completion, and to identify examples of "good practice" in the provision and management of part-time degree…
Descriptors: Career Development, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Dropouts
Cross, Wilbur – 1976
A guidebook to short residential programs, the book provides an account of the many types of centers, the wide range of subjects, accommodations/facilities, and the procedures for enrollment and obtaining degrees/credits. The book was written in response to a deluge of inquiries to a "Reader's Digest" article on the topic. The first half of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Courses, Directories
Waniewicz, Ignacy – 1975
A probability sample survey of 1,541 residents of Ontario, Canada investigated: (1) the scope of involvement of adults in deliberate part-time learning activities, and (2) the possible role that educational communications media could play in extending educational opportunities to adults. Involvement in education varied according to age,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Educational Needs
Tight, Malcolm – 1991
This book considers the meaning of part-time higher education, illustrates its scope, and looks at its relation to higher education as a whole. It provides a guide to the past, present, and future of part-time higher education in the United Kingdom. The book describes the institutions and students involved, and the context in which they operate.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Distance Education, Educational Development, Educational History
Open Univ., Walton, Bletchley, Bucks (England). – 1974
The Open University is described as an independent, autonomous university which offers an opportunity for higher education to adults who could not or did not take advantage of the limited opportunity in England to enter an institution of higher education immediately on or shortly after leaving secondary school. It provides a basis for continuing…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Correspondence Study, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Feil, Philip – 1975
The Institute for Personal and Career Development (IPCD) provides graduate level instruction in a number of disciplines to groups of individuals who might otherwise not be able to obtain a graduate education. IPCD attempts to provide an alternate program that meets the needs of these individuals by emphasizing controls which would promote more…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Competency Based Education, Continuing Education Centers, Degree Requirements
Slade, Alexander L.; Kascus, Marie A. – 1996
This book provides a record of the literature on library issues pertaining to distance and open learning. It also covers library services for part-time students and remote access to electronic library resources. The bibliography contains references to 518 articles, papers, reports, book chapters, theses, and dissertations, most published after…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies
Portman, David N. – 1979
The development of the higher adult education movement in the U.S. over the past century is reviewed in this book. Focus is on the cultural conditions that made it possible, the persons who played key roles, the characteristics that distinguished each period, and the trends that emerged and continue to the present day. An overview is first given…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Colleges
Neave, Guy, Ed. – 1978
This report presents papers, analyses, and recommendations of a five-day workshop held to explore the relationship of education and youth employment. Five papers delivered at the meetings are included: "Current Assumptions on the Nature and Purpose of Secondary Education and Its Relation to Education 16-19," by Edmund King; "Review…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth
Brossman, Sidney W. – 1977
The California community colleges represent one of the few remaining tuition-free postsecondary systems, a position strengthened by recent legislation establishing a no-fee policy for all credit classes and removing the 21-year-old "defined adult" State funding limitation. Today's community college students average 25 years of age, most…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Lombardi, John – 1977
This paper examines the characteristics of an emerging new type of postsecondary institution, the noncampus college--its facilities, learning activities, organization, financing, students, faculty, and special problems. While maintaining traditional curricular offerings and classroom instructional patterns, noncampus colleges dispense with the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Colleges, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance
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