The Bachelor of General Studies degree, a special degree program at the University of Nebraska, was established in 1950, as an academic division for the exclusive benefit of adult part-time students. The program has three distinctive features: (1) any useful combination of liberal arts and professional courses is acceptable; (2) the able student…

This paper is a capsule statement based on a much longer report of the American Council on Education's Committee on the Financing of Higher Education for Adult Students. Five major points are emphasized: (1) The pluralism of the United States is reflected in its postsecondary education system and its clientele's educational needs; (2) Part-time…

Part-time undergraduate student numbers have been increasing over the last 15 years. Some 615 separate part-time first degree courses in Great Britain are identified and examined in terms of the types of institutions offering them, their accreditation, timing, mode of provision, subject, entry and exit arrangements, and location. (Author/MLW)

Survey of part-time graduate students at six English universities and colleges reveals 70 percent were teachers, 14 percent engaged in research, 55 percent were motivated by earning higher salaries, 40 percent to qualify for better jobs and 48 percent by interest in subject and research. (IR)

A look at the studying processes of English college students who are being taught by BBC instructional programs and supplementary materials. (LS)

A learning organization set up to pursue meta- or process-goals for management students is described in terms of its theoretical bases and course structure. Student perceptions of the course and its outcomes are compared with expectations; discrepancies are discussed along with criticisms of the approach within a university context. (JMF)

The new epoch is that of the part-time student--the adult, the farmer, the laborer, the professional. It is the era of men and women in school whose student roles are subordinate to their roles of worker, spouse, parent, and citizen. (Author/EA)

Considers the effect of the 1988 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) Standards on potential entry-level students who want to study part time and experienced counselors who want doctoral programs. (Author)

An off-campus MBA program involved 467 nontraditional students in individual assignments and 2 intensive weekend classes. Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores, undergraduate grade point average, and work experience were the best predictors of success in the program. For those admitted as exceptions, GMAT score and undergraduate…

Four types of Master's of Business Administration (MBA) offered at the University of Bath (England) are (1) full-time program; (2) executive MBA, to prepare working managers for promotion; (3) Malaysian executive MBA, in collaboration with the Malaysian Institute of Management; and (4) British Airways open MBA, an evening program for airline…

The educational agenda for the 1990s appears to be mass higher education, which will cause expansion of part-time higher education. A single funding method should be developed to achieve better integration of part-time study into higher education. (SK)

Explains the growing importance of higher-level qualifications for adults in the UK, highlighting statistical trends in commitment to learning and qualifying-the result of taking part-time courses in higher education. Most part-time undergraduates fund their own tuition. Mature students' backgrounds and perspectives partly account for their rising…

This study examined the way part-time students cope with fitting in study on top of other demands on their time. To measure the deployment of coping mechanisms, an instrument was developed based on previous qualitative work. The earlier work had identified three coping mechanisms--sacrifice, support, and negotiation of arrangements--operating in…

An examination of the literature suggests that universities play a part in developing generic capabilities needed nowadays for societies, through immersing students in a stimulating campus environment. Part time students, though, spend less time on campus than their full time counterparts, and far less time than on-campus residents, so could be…

This is the report on part-time study in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) for Universities UK and GuildHE (previously SCOP) from Nigel Brown Associates. It forms Strand 2 of the wider research into part-time higher education commissioned by Universities UK and GuildHE using quantitative data not available from published sources and…