Dutch term (edited): cafeteria-onderwijs

E.g.:

-> "It is recognised that credit systems are very important. It is envisaged that these will solve many issues related to Access, Transfer and Progression. Within a ***cafeteria model***, coherence depends on the final awarding body, that is, those who award the final qualification. One particular difficulty within credit systems is that of recognising achievement by proxy, that is, the problem that in awarding body faces in standing over a qualification or a set of learning outcomes which have been certified by another awarding body."
http://www.nqai.ie/policies&criteriatext.htm

-> "Before EC 2000, ABET required that engineering students take the equivalent of one full term of liberal arts courses, usually 15 to 18 hours. That led to the "Chinese menu" approach currently used by most schools. Students typically take a hodgepodge of HSS electives. ... The problem is, the ***cafeteria model*** "often does not add up to anything coherent," complains Barbara Olds, associate vice president for academic affairs, liberal arts and international studies, at the Colorado School of Mines."
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3797/is_200402/a...