Open University : a personal account by the first Vice-Chancellor
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Open University : a personal account by the first Vice-Chancellor
Open University Press, 1976
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 289-290
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This account of its beginnings is an invaluable source of information for all those involved in distance teaching.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The background: the basic ideas
- the political history
- early problems. Part 2 The courses: degree structure
- course creation
- course production
- course distribution
- course accreditation. Part 3 The students: the demand for entry
- credit exemptions
- the inhumanity of the computer
- students and their problems
- results after five years. Part 4 The administrative plan: the charter
- government structure
- finance. Part 5 The future: research and postgraduate studies
- the steady state
- the university and the BBC
- commercial activities
- continuing education.
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