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Download full textMiller, Richard H. – 1973
This study investigated the use, effectiveness, and need for student personnel services for mature women (over 25) in degree programs. Additional data were collected on personal and academic characteristics, educational goals, and problems encountered. Major findings indicated that 41 percent of the sample were employed and that 76 percent…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Monaghan, Therese A. – 1976
This dissertation explores the possibilities for releasing playfulness in adults through creative drama. A playful attitude, the capacity to enjoy action for its own sake, is difficult to maintain in a technological society which demands rational control, achievement, and conformity. Creative drama can provide a way to develop playfulness in our…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Creative Dramatics, Doctoral Dissertations
Schmidt, George Richard – 1979
This thesis presents a model for an Adult Growth and Development Center predicated on preventive/educational counseling for the issues and tasks of adulthood. The model is described in terms of information from three data bases: (1) a review and synthesis of various adult development theories; (2) a review of the literature on outreach programs;…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults, Career Development
Bolin, Nancy Clare – 1978
This paper details plans for a one-and-one-half-day volunteer training workshop specifically designed to consider limitations such as manpower, money, time, and distance that are often encountered in the development of training events for rural areas. The paper begins by providing background on rural aging, and needs assessment information on the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Educational Gerontology
Meyer, Nancy Billings – 1991
This overview of the characteristics and needs of adult, nontraditional students attending community colleges argues that enhancing the self-concept and self-esteem of adult students fosters and increases their academic success and life chances. After chapter I introduces the issues and defines terms, chapter II provides a literature review…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Dunning, Carole Sue – 1998
This paper reviews the literature on the ongoing effects of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. It notes that 66 percent of individuals diagnosed with ADD or ADHD as children continue to experience one or more symptoms as adults, most commonly restlessness, distractibility, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adults, Attention Deficit Disorders
