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Download full textCoberly-Holt, Patricia, Ed.; Elufiede, Kemi, Ed. – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2023
The 47th annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held online and in person in March 2023. This year's conference theme is "Workforce Development: Micro-Credentials, Badges, and CEUs." The proceedings are comprised of the following papers: (1) Investing in Adult Learners and Creating Learning Environments…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Adult Learning
Mackinnon, Anne – Grantmakers for Education, 2007
In late 2006, the National Center on Education and the Economy released "Tough Choices or Tough Times: The Report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce." With compelling language, the report updated and sharpened the findings of the center's influential 1990 report, "America's Choice: High Skills or Low Wages," which called…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development
Commission of Professors of Adult Education. – 1987
These proceedings contain presentations and other materials from a conference that focused on the past, present, and future of graduate study in adult education. They begin with the first General Session, a dialogue consisting of reflections on the genesis of graduate study in adult education in North America by Cyril Houle, Malcolm Knowles, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Conference Proceedings, Distance Education
Stubblefield, Harold, Comp. – 1985
These proceedings contain 15 papers presented at a conference that included three general sessions and concurrent sessions for task forces on international adult education, computers, research, instructional improvement, self-directed learning, human resources development, and theory building. Some papers appear only as summarized versions. Titles…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Education
Forrester, Keith, Ed.; And Others – 1993
The nine papers in this volume represent a majority of the presentations at a conference that examined in detail employee development (ED) initiatives from Europe and North America. An introduction provides a contextual background to the vocational training and education debates characterizing policy development in the European and North American…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Montreal Univ. (Quebec). – 1983
These proceedings contain 46 papers. Brief English-language titles include: "Some Research Findings on Study Methods in Adult Distance Education" (Bajtelsmit); "Self Planned Professional Learning among Public School Adult Education Directors" (Beder, et al.); "Participation in Study Circles and the Creation of Analysis" (Beder, et al.);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Kuchinke, K. Peter, Ed. – 1999
This document contains papers from 39 symposia as well as two town forum presentations and a poster session at the 1999 Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) conference. The town forum papers address certification in the human resource development (HRD) field. Symposium topics are as follows: (1) adult learning in the workplace; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Career Development, Corporate Education
Freer, Kevin, Ed.; Dean, Gary, Ed. – 1993
The following are the papers presented at a research-to-practice conference: "Influence of Age on Students Perceptions of College Experience" (Bishop-Clark, Lynch); "Impact of Education on Adult Students" (Cupp); "Identifying Critical Factors of Quality" (Lund, Brown); "It's Never Too Late" (Rosenberg et al.); "Adult Vocational Student Dropout and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Oaklief, Charles R., Ed.; Zelenak, Bonnie, Ed. – 1988
The conference proceedings reported in this publication represent the deliberations, problems, and prospects associated with adult education as a field of academic inquiry. The following papers or summaries are included: "Adult Education Research: Issues and Directions" (Deshler, Hagan); "Comparative Perspectives for Research about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Career Development
Manning, Sabine, Ed. – 2003
This document contains outlines of 14 presentations at a roundtable discussion on theory, policy, and practice in lifelong learning that was held during a conference on human resource development (HRD) research and practice across Europe. Outlines of the following presentations and discussions are included: "Discourses on HRD and Lifelong…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy
National Swedish Board of Education, Stockholm. – 1991
This report is a collection of 10 papers presented at a seminar attended by delegates of European Community and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries to discuss policies for education and training of the labor force. Four papers make up the section, "Policies for Achieving Human Resources Development and Lifelong Learning in a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Continuing Education
Dirkx, John M., Ed. – 1996
These proceedings comprise 33 presentations. They are "Glaser or Strauss?"(Babchuk); "Reframing Participation in Adult Education Programs" (Babchuk); "Multicultural Adult Education as Discourse in the Social Construction of Reality" (Baptiste); "Political Construction of Adult Education" (Baptiste, Heaney);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Citizenship Education
Manning, Sabine, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 presentations/discussion summaries and 10 supporting 'thesis' papers from a symposium on selected issues in human resources development (HRD) in Europe. The following summaries are included: "Introduction" (Sabine Manning); "Developing Flexibility in Pursuit of Competitiveness" (Nick Boreham);…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Development, Competence, Conferences
Barrineau, Irene T., Ed. – 2001
These proceedings presents addresses, 60 concurrent sessions, and business meetings from a conference that evolved from a vision of people coming together--like a town meeting--to start building "communities of interest and practice." Part 1 includes the presidential-elect address on his theme for the next conference, "Pathways to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, College Instruction
Mager, Caroline; Robinson, Peter; Fletcher, Mick; Stanton, Geoff; Perry, Adrian; Westwood, Andy – 2000
This document contains seven papers examining the implications of proposed major reforms to the United Kingdom's post-16 sector. "The New Learning Market--Overview" (Caroline Mager) argues for balancing market-driven and planning-driven approaches to planning post-16 education. "Education and Training as a Learning Market"…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cooperative Planning, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
