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Vol. 16, No. 55San Fernanda Valley Slate CollegeWednesday. February 16, 1972By Jq anif NAfg R^POfcT f r Students may be able to ftftrntheir degrees without ever step-ping foot on th is campus.( ailed the ‘'external dl^rSS prr^raiu, the traditional classroom is abandoned and education.t • provilied for studenta wherever they may be--at work or In their homes.Degree* may also be earned through internship. Independent study and field work, with-Chancellor supports conceptof external degree programltl areas of special social problems f at one or more colleges■and in travel or service abroad.The office of California StateCollege chancellor Gleam iumkeUrged Valley State to adopt this program In a memo sent r1Kducatlonal Polici#* Committee CFPC), a standing committee of the faculty senate,No action lias been taken on the instigation of the program,but the EPlt; lias discussed its advantages and disadvantages. Dr, Marjorie Joseph, chairmanof the E PC and home economl cs department, and Dr, Harry Fla*-stone, dean of academic planning , attended a statewide conference on external degree programs at Cat Poly Pomona.They listened to presentationsfrom such highly successful”program expert me nis as the irop-en i.mL vor s :«ty'1 in England and the‘'university without walls ofOhio’s Antioch College, ihc longest enduring operation.New York State University established another college called i-mpire College to leach students where they live and work.Finestone said Chico -State hasshown a ^willingness to experiment ' with external programs. However, he taad 11 tat Chico has more of an exlens ton program rather lltan an external degree program.Although chico State studentswho live in the mountains can• mmoarn tholr degrees without attending classes there t Fine-Stone called It ,ra minimal program with all the costs directed to students,Students 1 n some asternal degree programs will have toat S-eatit as much as extension students do in tuition, according to Fine stone. The highoust would be “discriminatory because those students who can'I pay, can’t have it.MBut Dr. Joseph said that costs' would be less to the student,because students who live farfrom campus will not have to paycollege room, board and lrajhs-kporta lion expenses if the professors go to them.Must ! PC members are favorable toward the proposal, hutsome had reservations as to its success.ifl have a good deal of worries about it, said Dr, PaulKirk; associate professor ol anthropology. If a professor lakesa 2QKJ mile drive to teach students somewhere, he's going to have to meet different courseloads and travel to different lo-cat Lous every day.Dr, Max Lupul„ marketing department chair man, said therewould be a problem with sciencelab courses that require suppl les usually available only at college* and h jgh s c Iioo I s. N1 «got Lating wi th local schools would be difficulty he said, since must -offer adulteducation,Lupul also said there would be no control over individual teachers in the program.JJ A lot of exes tine things can be riflne with this type of program. It's a valuable adjum■■!to I he main campus, Dr. Joseph told the F. pc. '-pe alert to it because we may be called to dosomething about IEJTInstitutions participating’ in external degree programs or the university without walls ex-w ■*pertinents include the Universityof Minnesota, the University of Massachusetts, Antioch College, New college at Sarasota, ShawUniversity, the University ofSouth Carolina, Roger Williamsr r t * m *'College, Bard College, ChicagoStale University and Goddard College.Other institutions are HowardUniversity, Friends World college, Northeastern Illinois StateUniversity, Stephens College, Loretta Heights College, Staler island Community College, Skidmore i ollere, Morgan Stale College, New York University andWfislmihstttr Collage,
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Los Angeles Daily Sundial
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