A model for providing continuing education in both rural and urban areas of India for both youth and adults. (ABM)

Predicts that extension education services will be part of the university curriculum and a responsibility of the university administration. Paper presented at the NUEA Joint Regional Conference on November 30, 1972, in San Francisco. (DS)

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…

Programs ranging from postdoctoral work to informal discussions are included in the term CEW (Continuing Education for Women). The article describes some of these programs and provides references to additional information, along with a brief history of CEW programs. (MF)

The Quad-Cities Graduate Study Center in Rock Island, Illinois, a voluntary, publicly funded, academic consortium, is described. It was incorporated as an experimental project to determine if pooling institutional resources were academically, financially, and administratively possible. It is now a model of inter-institutional cooperation providing…

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 activities of the Adult Continuing Education Center at Montclair State College, N.J. since 1966, are outlined. (SA)

Summarizing Canada's Regional Continuing Education Programs for the 1972-74 fiscal years, this document indicates support for solid education programs for the development of Indians in their communities. Brief summations are presented for the following regions: Maritime Region (1972-73 was a peak year for on-the-job training placements with…

This report investigates ways in which Syracuse University's resources can be used more efficiently through new approaches to the delivery of continuing education courses in surrounding communities. It begins with a description of how the study's focus was determined. Four alternative delivery systems for providing continuing education services…

This study was undertaken to compare the judgments of leaders in adult education regarding the importance of certain guidelines for planning and executing programs of university continuing education centers with the degree to which these guidelines were followed by selected university continuing education centers during the first six months of…

The history of the development of adult education and extension at Brigham Young University began in 1921 with President Harris's proposal for an extension division and for a Department of Social Leadership, Education, and Religion. The Extension Division's aim was to carry to Mormons the philosophy of the University as well as to offer formal and…

This document is a prospectus for a program of the National Education Association (NEA) to establish a network of teacher centers. The prospectus is divided into three parts: part one attempts to answer 10 general questions about the NEA teacher center program; part two contains information briefs for options I and II; and part three contains…

The Thomas Jefferson Junior High School and Community Center was conceived to accommodate combined services while conserving land and funds. The objective was to create a "community growth center" to be primarily an educational plant with focus on the middle years of youth as well as providing a "school for people" with…

This book contains information on the educational opportunities available for adult learners in the diverse programs of the Chicago Public Schools. The programs are available to Chicago residents over 16 years of age who are not enrolled in regular day elementary or high school programs. The services of the Department of Education Extension of the…