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Schneider, George H. – Adult Leadership, 1976
Descriptors: Adult Education, Conferences, Participant Characteristics, Program Costs
Peer reviewedBrookfield, Steve – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1978
Describes a service established at an adult education college in rural England which provides individually oriented correspondence programs of home study supported by personal tutorials. The most unexpected feature of the service's development is the extent to which students from urban locations have chosen to follow individually supervised…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Cognitive Style
Caldwell, Phyllis A. – 1978
While the financial survival of postsecondary institutions is being stressed, continuing education operarions are facing increasing difficulties in surviving and competing. Strategies are needed for the significant survival of continuing education operations at the small college. The Lifelong Learning Center and others like it need to be concerned…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Change Strategies, Continuing Education Centers
Miller, Howard L., Ed. – 1976
Between 1965-1972, a total of 150 Michigan farmers participated in the 3-year Kellogg Farmers Study Program, a model for leadership development established at Michigan State University. Participants were selected primarily on the basis of their demonstrated interest in community affairs and their potential leadership abilities. The liberal arts…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Design, Farmers, Field Trips
Von Hahn, Margaret; Riddell, Gail – 1979
This booklet is intended as a guide for community educators on planning and teaching educational programs for older adults. Chapter 1, Getting Started, discusses the program plan which identifies the sponsoring agency, advisory committee, and ways of determining needs and interests. Chapter 2, Designing the Program, focuses on the participants,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Continuing Education, Educational Gerontology
Download full textRosow, Leslie A. – 1979
Adult Americans have been participating in formal education and training programs in record numbers in recent years. Yet studies of participation by working Americans in tuition assistance programs have consistently revealed that few take advantage of them. This report describes and analyzes the Kimberly-Clark Corporation's tuition-assistance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship
Education Fund of District Council 37: A Case Study. Worker Education and Training Policies Project.
Shore, Jane – 1979
This report describes and analyzes the programs of the Education Fund of District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in New York City. The Education Fund is a program carried out by the union to provide a wide variety of educational curricula, many on its premises, for the union's thousands of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Case Studies
