Open University : a personal account by the first Vice-Chancellor

Author(s)

• Perry, Walter, Sir

Bibliographic Information

Open University : a personal account by the first Vice-Chancellor

Walter Perry

Open University Press, 1976

• : pbk

Note

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.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA04297084
• ISBN:
  • 0335000428
  • 0335158285
• LCCN: 77360370
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Milton Keynes
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 298 p., [9] p. of plates (1 folded)
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LC6581.G73
  • DC : 378.41
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Open University