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Ravenhall, Mark – Adults Learning, 2011
During the affluent noughties it was sometimes said of government that it had "more visions than Mystic Meg and more pilots than British Airways". In 2011, the pilots, the pathfinders, the new initiatives are largely gone--implementation is the name of the game--but the visions remain. The latest one, as it affects adult learners, is in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Educational Objectives
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Reif, Margaret – Adult Learning, 1995
Defines and evaluates alternative or authentic assessment, explores some of the creative options that are available, and provides tips for implementing new evaluation strategies. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods
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Seitz, Victoria – Journal of Home Economics, 1988
The advantages of distance education programs, particularly for adults, are twofold: (1) they allow access to large-scale education, and (2) they stress individual learning. The author discusses how successful programs can be implemented and describes one at Oklahoma State University. (JOW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Distance Education
Leveille, David E. – 1986
Ways that technology is being integrated into the instructional and administrative operation of U.S. colleges are considered, along with the application of one of the technologies, microwave, to adult learning opportunities. Changing demographics relating to adult learners over the next 10 to 15 years are identified. Eight projects applying…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Programs, Continuing Education, Educational Television
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Young, Michael – Open Learning, 1995
Proposes the establishment of a Research Foundation for Open Learning, and reflects on the Open University's achievements and the need for change. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries, Foundation Programs
Lambert, Michael P. – 1989
A serious problem in home study in recent years has been that, too often, some schools have been paying little attention to student services. They have concentrated their budgets on advertising to recruit new students, while doing little to encourage present students or new recruits to stay in the program. Efforts have been made to reduce the…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adult Students, Correspondence Schools, Correspondence Study
Lancaster, Alden – 1993
The quality of a literacy program can be assessed by taking into account the following factors: purpose of the program, how the program meets the most important current needs of the adult population, if it is accessible to the people who need services, and whether the literacy content is relevant to learners' needs. Flexibility of funding also is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Kaplan, Dorothy J. – 1987
This document is a short guide to developing and marketing a customized job training course for business and industry. Aimed at administrators/teachers in colleges or universities, the plan covers three main topics: marketing, program design and operation, and on-campus presentations. The marketing section explains how to create a marketing…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Continuing Education, Course Content, Course Organization
Mountainbird, Pauline – 1991
A Massachusetts family literacy project, the Northampton Family Literacy Project, is described, in which adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners enrolled in a community educational center in order to learn English as their children enrolled in a child care program at the local library. Both groups were involved in language activities,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature
Ohayon-Kaczmarek, Marit – 1988
This paper summarizes 14 case studies from 13 countries commissioned by Unesco to describe the educational provisions for adults in the special context of scientific and technological development and to study a selected number of programs at greater depth. The countries chosen by Unesco are all countries with developed or developing industries,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Rogers, Anne; Shore, Jane – 1980
Companies commit 2 to 5 billion dollars annually to employee tuition assistance plans, and an estimated 17 to 24 million employees are eligible for some form of tuition assistance. Despite these figures and despite widespread interest in the tuition-aid idea, a low 3 to 5 percent of eligible employees currently take advantage of the educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education
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Pappas, James P.; Jerman, Jerry – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
This concluding chapter offers a number of key considerations for institutions interested in developing and delivering adult degree programs.
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Education, Higher Education, Program Development
Reuys, Steve – 1997
Conversations with seven Boston-area adult basic education (ABE) program coordinators revealed the severe adverse effects of Massachusetts' new restrictive welfare reform law on literacy education programs for the poor. The new law limits cash assistance to 2 years for most welfare recipients and requires most recipients whose youngest child is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Compliance (Legal)
Heslop, Yvonne, Ed. – ASPBAE Courier, 1989
This special issue of the "Courier" has been produced to mark the beginning of International Literacy Year 1990. It brings together papers from adult educators involved in literacy work about who needs literacy and why, what literacy is, who can help in creating the right conditions for literacy to succeed, and how to evaluate literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Fahy, Patrick J. – 1989
The problem of adult illiteracy in Canada is now accepted as socially significant, whether defined in terms of numbers, impact on the economy, or implications for the future. A reasonable estimate would be that one in five Canadian adults has a severe enough problem with reading, writing, or arithmetic that his or her functioning in society is to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
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