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OERI Bulletin, 1986
This brief report presents data from the sixth triennial survey of adult education conducted as part of the May 1984 Current Population Survey. The narrative provides information on the characteristics of adult education participants, courses and providers, reasons for taking adult education courses, and adult education course costs. These data…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Participant Characteristics, Statistics
Andersen, Charles J. – Research Briefs, 1990
Older students (those beyond the age of 24) represented nearly 40 percent of all college and university enrollment in 1988, compared with 33 percent in 1974. Two sets of projections are suggested to show that, by 1995, the share of older students may increase somewhat, but students in the "traditional" age range (less than 25 years old) will still…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Age Differences, College Students