This is the text of the initial proposal to service disadvantaged urban adults through compensatory academic education and life coping skills. The publication includes a discussion of the general problem of today's disadvantaged adult, a brief description of the proposed program, a historical retrospect and a bibliography. The major aim of the…

An experiment in home improvement shows important gains for socially deprived students. (GB)

Article lists the major factors inhibiting the progress of adult education and calls upon all educators to do whatever is in their power to help adults meet their basic educational needs now and in the future. (GB)

Advertisements in Savannah, Georgia, newspapers from 1765 through 1789 offered adults leisure-related topics for learning such as drawing, language, music and self-defense through private venture schools. (DS)

Suggests that present restrictive view of training advocated by federal authorities may lead only to short term economic gain and requests that counselors working with disadvantaged groups support a more liberal approach to human development in Manpower training programs. (Author)

Article is an excerpt from Mrs. Beagle's original analysis and includes such considerations as increases in enrollment, university admission policies, counseling, study skills, study facilities, and financial policies and practices affecting adult students. References. (RB)

A workshop was conducted by a commission concerned with encouraging and directing the leadership in student personnel work for adults in higher education. The workshop objectives were to highlight the unique characteristics of adult students and to explore the new setting that is emerging. In addition, an attempt was made to encourage creative…

Author states a philosophy of education describing the significance of adult education at all levels in the development of a nation. (GB)

Based on material received by the International Institute for Adult Literacy Methods during the first half of 1984, this issue contains selected summaries of books, articles in periodicals, and conference and seminar reports published in the field of literacy and adult education. Some of the issues addressed include (1) the role of adult education…

Argues that an understanding of the dynamics of life transitions is crucial to effective adult education programs. Examines the "stage/phase" theory of transitions, maintaining that transitions occur in predictable sequences, and the "life event" theory, which views transitions as the result of social processes. (22 citations) (MAB)

The current economic outlook, including the prospectus of high unemployment rates, creates new objectives and new perspectives to the growing national phenomenon known as the mid-life career change. During the past five to seven years we have witnessed the growth and development of adult counseling centers, whose primary focus is to provide…

This study is concerned with the following topics on adult student attendance at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) during the 1969-70 academic year: student background, reason for attendance, enrollment in programs or courses, academic success, evidence of personal and occupational development. The report is based on the useable…

Article examines university adult education in a global context, and raises the question of whether the university should be responsible for the continuing education of community members. (Author/RK)