Open University in Great Britain and Selected Examples of Similar Innovations in Higher Education in the United States.

Explains Open University system in Great Britain, which provides university-level education to many students at a low cost, through use of correspondence courses and other methods that do not require full-time use of a university facility. Covers Open University admissions and current developments;...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1972.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Explains Open University system in Great Britain, which provides university-level education to many students at a low cost, through use of correspondence courses and other methods that do not require full-time use of a university facility. Covers Open University admissions and current developments; and reviews selected examples of similar innovations in higher education in U.S.
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