11-26-2015, 04:47 PM
(11-26-2015, 11:25 AM)twodocdoug Wrote: I have an edition published by Grosset and Dunlap of the "Guide to Nontraditional Higher Education," published in 1980, that I think is the 6th edition. (It is smaller and has colored squares on the cover.)
My 7th has a red cover and came with a 4-page update. I believe I ordered that in 1981 by direct mail. The subsequent editions are all by 10 Speed.
Regardless, these books reflect the wild and wooly days of distance education--much of it from unaccredited schools with more than a few degree mills sprinkled in. It was fun to mail away for their literature and read sincere efforts (like International and Beacon Colleges) and slick materials from not-so-good schools (like Century and CULA). It was fun.
The Grosset & Dunlap book was similar to the 6th, but was a stand-alone thing re-edited for a totally different publisher. I hadn't seen it for decades, so last year I bought one for 1¢ on Bookfinder.com (plus $4 for handling).
"Wild and wooly" is a good term for those days. A lot of characters. It was fun most of the time. My wife calls it my 'academic pornography,' and was glad that I did that sort instead of the other kind.