The first in a series, this article touches on the activities, resources, program offerings, and underlying philosophy of a new type of continuing education center set in a modern British town center. (LY)

This article continues an account of educational services and activities carried on through a new type of continuing education center set in a modern British Own center. (LY)

This directory is a descriptive list of residential continuing education centers in the United States, Canada, and abroad which were known to be operating in 1968. They are distributed as follows: 117 in 37 states and the District of Columbia; 33 in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebic, and Saskatchewan; one each in…

Argues for a collegiate center for adult education in areas of 150,000 population, to provide the focus of area provision. There would be a team of full-time adult education principals, teachers, and administrators, whose responsibilities would embrace both day and evening work. (EB)

Data from a questionnaire sent to 40 British universities about residential course provisions, policies, and practices suggests that regional residential centers are providing valuable opportunities for leisure time education and continuing professional education. (SK)

Three papers from a half-day seminar which formed part of a meeting of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession have been compiled in this document. An Overview of Adult Education in England and Wales and the Role of the Professional Education Association by E. W. Foulser touches on the absence of a pattern in the…

The outlook for the Open University is examined with regard to growth factors, new jobs for graduates, trends in the United Kingdom towards mass higher education, and transferability and collaboration. (LBH)

According to the authors, successful implementation of a recurrent education system depends to a large extent on the quality of existing local institutions which can be adapted to provide secondary and postsecondary educational service, accessibility, and flexibility. They emphasize the potential of community colleges as local education centers.…

This catalog of management courses lists only Diploma in Management Studies available in the British Isles at business schools, universities, colleges of technology, commerce, and further education, and selected independent colleges, management consultants centers, adult education colleges, professional institutions, and private organizations. The…

Describes a number of programs designed to help adults, mainly women, get back into the educational system through short courses to prepare them for return to work, self-development, or higher education. Different institutions' courses vary but all include recognition of counseling needs and approach at a mature level. (MF)

This book deals with university continuing education centers emphasizing those at ten pioneering institutions (Michigan State University, Columbia, Oxford, California Polytechnic State College, Notre Dame, the University of Chicago, and the Universities of Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire) that came into being through the financial…