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Peer reviewedAltbach, Philip G. – Higher Education Policy, 2001
Describes the course-credit system in the United States, the standard means of measuring academic work. Discusses how the system is a means of measuring the time spent on study and not the quality of work; since the 19th century, the course-credit system has been the major "currency" in American higher education and has proven quite…
Descriptors: College Credits, Degree Requirements, Program Descriptions, Transfer Policy
