A survey of institutions offering a wide array of courses and programs tailored to the need of contemporary woman. (Author/GB)

Description of a continuing education center for women. (HS)

West Virginia University's Cooperative Extension Service sponsors a four-day women's program involving classes, dormitory life, and cultural and recreational events. (SP)

Condensed from Continuing Education Programs and Services for Women," published by the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, 1971. (Editor)

Readarama, a weekly reading group, was conducted in a retirement center in Athens, Georgia. Participants in the voluntary group were retired women who were lifelong readers and who continued to enjoy reading as a hobby. Because of differences in reading interests and in time available for reading, members read independently during the week;…

Higher education is giving itself a second chance to meet the needs of thousands of women. (Author)

Describes adult education in the German Democratic Republic, with emphasis on the view of man's central position in the socialist society. Describes differentiations in the content and organization of educational activities. (LAS)

This article suggests policies and procedures to enhance the return and progress of older women students on campuses across the nation. Using a questionnaire to sample the 264 women, the author pinpoints resources the women use, problems they have and changes that need to be made. (EJT)

The author looks at the personal and institutional barriers to college reentry by mature women and describes a peer-group conference approach in which reentry college women and professionals contact and counsel other women in the community who might be considering such a life change. (SJL)

This article advances an array of hypotheses which are suggested as influential in the establishment and development of programs concerned with continuing education for women on a university campus. The hypotheses are examined and critiqued. (Author/EJT)

This report lists nearly 450 continuing education programs for women, which were in operation in early 1971. The rising interest of mature women in returning to college is related to a desire to understand the complexities of modern life, as well as to the realization that additional education can provide them with job skills that are useful. The…

A history of extension education in Nigeria, particularly as it relates to the University of Nigeria (Nsukka), is given with implications and reflections for other programs in Nigeria and other areas of Africa. Beginning in 1948, with the University College at Ibadan sponsored by the University of London, the history of extra-mural or extension…

An in-depth survey of women's colleges (27 independent private, 20 church-related, and two public) sought information in such areas as curriculum, continuing education, athletics, career support services, and the presence of women in teaching, administrative, and board positions. The percentage of women faculty members at women's colleges is two…

These proceedings are presented in four parts. Part I contains eight addresses related to one of the following topics: The External Degree as Radical Change; Forms of External Degrees; and Changing Patterns in University Organization, Structure, and Relationships as They Affect Evening Colleges. Part II presents 11 reports from Special Interest…