This document presents research findings for the first task in the Appalachian Educational Laboratory's Lifelong Learning Program which addresses the adult vocational development process--making the commitment to vocational training. Its focus is the second phase of the research, the phase of problem investigation. Section 1 summarizes procedures…

Faculty attitudes toward older learners were studied using an adaptation of Kogan's (1951) attitude scale and methodology. Forty-nine faculty members from various colleges and universities in Ohio and Indiana were subdivided into two groups: those who had taught in a structured higher education experience aimed at people over 60 years of age and…