Colleges consider 3-year degrees to save time,money

Washington Post,Saturday,May 23, 2009 on pages A1,A8: Sino-American Economics of Human Capital re globalization:

The 3-year degree is the common model at the University of Cambridge and Oxford Universityin England, and some US schools have begun with the idea.

I remember my experience at St.John's University, Shanghai,China from 1943-1946 with my completion of 132 credits for my graduation.

Purdue University's College of Technology in Indiana just announced a 2-year bachelor's degree starting this summer. It is aimed at educating unemployed auto and manufacturing workers but is open to anyone, created with the idea that workers whose firms are eligible for federal economic stimulus funds would go to school while receiving unemployment checks.

I taught at 2-year community colleges for three decades in California,PGCC,Montgomery College and I had the idea of such open colleges for all working adults who would attend local 2-year colleges for low cost with education and training opportunities. I published the following works to those who are interested in undergraduate education.The following works are listed at the Library of Congress:www.loc.gov

1."Keys for Economic Understanding" 1971

2."The Future of Community Colleges" Published by the Congressional Record,July 18, 1974.
3."Keys to Economic Understanding" 1976
4."Work and Study Cycle Theory" 1978.

Francis Shieh, A Fulbright Senior Scholar,1989-1990 on Saturday,March 23, 2009. I enjoyed reading an article vy Liz Skalski at the Gazette,May 21, 2009 issue under Community News with the same rationale.At 11.52 a.m.