Product Description: This book looks at the ways that credit-based transition programs (CBTPs) may help middle- and low-achieving students enter and succeed in college. It highlights promising practices used by CBTPs to help students who might have been considered non-college-bound prepare for college credit course work...read more

Provides information on how to obtain a college degree while still in the service, covering such topics as educational goal setting, taking examinations for advanced credit, distance learning, and using education centers.

Product Description: This book details the process of developing agreements between high schools and colleges in the United States to allow students to earn both high school and college credit while at high school. The author explains issues including: legal constraints; processes for curriculum alignment; funding sources; and evaluation procedures...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Describes specific aspects of external degrees, cost, application requirements, and accreditation and provides a directory of external degree programs throughout the country (view table of contents)

Product Description: Book by Aslanian, Carol B., Brickell, Henry M.

Surveys the educational choices beyond a high school education, discusses external degree programs, and offers practical advice on career planning