• Introduction 1.The Alternative Focus of Accreditation of Prior Learning 2.The Shaping of Today's Colleges 3.External Pressures for Change 4.College Responses: Teaching and Learning Frameworks 5.College Accreditation and Assessment Services 6.The shape of tomorrows colleges 7.Developing a distinct mission for the college 8.Widening Participation 9.Attracting Potential Students 10.Enabling students to succeed 11.Organisational Factors Affecting Flexibility 12.Managing Change: Assessing the amount of change required 13.Managing Change: Change models 14.Managing the resistance to change

`... an interesting and comprehensive introduction to APEL as it stands and could develop in FE.' - JFHE 18 (2) Summer 1994