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Draper, James A. – 1981
This study lists 451 master's and 106 doctoral adult education theses completed in Canada, up to and including 1980. Section 1 overviews the purpose and procedures for data collection. Section 2 shows 326 master's theses completed at seven universities from 1960-1977. Names of the authors/researchers are listed alphabetically and followed by the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Community Development, Continuing Education

Spaid, Robin L.; Parsons, Michael H. – Community Services Catalyst, 1990
Reviews findings from a 1971 study of the structure and design of community services/continuing education (CS/CE) in community colleges; and from a 1989 study of the tasks that CS/CE administrators perform. Assesses CS/CE administrators' leadership role in helping people build communities and other aspects of the community college mission. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adult Education, College Role, Community Colleges
Charnley, A. H.; And Others – 1983
The twelfth in a series of research reviews investigating adult education in Great Britain, this paper focuses on adult education activities in local geographic areas and on the concept of "community" and its enhancement of adult education services. After part 1 summarizes the other reviews in the series, part 2 discusses the role of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community, Community Characteristics
ASPBAE Courier Service, 1982
This journal contains a series of articles dealing with the theme of development in Asia and rural Indonesia. Included in the journal are the following articles: "Nonformal Education in Rural Areas of Developing Countries," by members of the Rural Project Team from the Centre for Continuing Education at Australian National University;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Continuing Education, Developing Nations
Reed, Horace B., Ed.; Loughran, Elizabeth Lee, Ed. – 1984
This compedium volume summarizes a study on the characteristics and underlying assumptions of education beyond schools. The three chapters in Part I present a method for analyzing and comparing 10 distinct approaches to out-of-school education and demonstrate the important kinds of generalizations this method can generate. Chapter 1 is an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs