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Peer reviewedColes, E. K. Townsend – International Review of Education, 1972
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)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Education
Lahtinen, Marja-Liisa – Adult Education in Finland, 1978
The article describes stages in the development of the municipally owned "workers' institutes" to provide education for adults in Finland and the now more common "civic institutes" with public or private sponsorship. Included are administrative structure, financing, staff, students, facilities, teaching arrangements, subjects…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Continuing Education Centers
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1977
The document contains summaries and discussions of six papers presented at a seminar held in Strobl, Austria, in May 1976 to examine recurrent education in Austria. Recurrent education is interpreted as a system which offers both nonwork-related and work-related courses to adults during their working life. The conference dealt with practical…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
