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academic goal is measured by the passage of courses, the accumu-
lation of credits, and the attainment of an acceptable grade point
average.
Non-Traditional Education: That concept of post-secondary
education in which the parameters that characterize traditional
education are set aside or modified.
Background and Significance
American colleges and universities have experienced dra-
matic changes in the past seventy-five years. Until World War II
these colleges could best be described as the promoters of intel-
lectual elitism, whereas the college posture shifted to one of
egalitarianism as the waves of ex-GI's from World War II and the
Korean Conflict descended upon the American campus. A second
major shift occurred during the 1960's as the Civil Rights Move-
ment gave post-secondary education a new thrust best described as
the concept of universal access.
The changing spirit of post-secondary education is reflected
in the remarks made ast a University of Arizona Freshman
Orientation lecture in 1942 by G. M. Butler, Dean of the College
of Engineering, to the entering class of engineering students (1).
He spoke of career choices, academic standards, and personal
goals. As he drew near the close of his talk he admonished his
audience: The records of engineering schools across this country,
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Mahoney, Vernon Lloyd Mike. A Procedure for Evaluating Institutional Readiness for Non-Traditional Education, dissertation, August 1976; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332147/m1/14/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .