Part of a model developed to explain dropout from adult education programs was tested. The model describes adult education participants as life-chance (lower socioeconomic groups) or life-space (upper socioeconomic groups) oriented, with life-chance being synonymous with defiency motivation and life-space being synonymous with growth motivation.…

This paper describes Personality and Educational Environment Scales (PEES) and a self-concept theoretical model, used in diagnosing dropout from educational institutions, as utilized in a follow-up study of participation and dropout in adult education classes. A dropout was defined as a person who after being present for session 1 or 2 was absent…

Describes the present adult education landscape in Hong Kong. Explores four scenarios for Hong Kong's future arising from positive and negative outcomes in the economy and human rights. Suggests that, ironically, returning Hong Kong to a Marxist state will jeopardize neo-Marxist (critical, emancipatory) approaches to adult education because of…