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Smith, Brian – Adult Education (London), 1977
Describes an Australian university experiment providing adult students with an alternative to high school equivalency tests as an entry route to university studies. (EM)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Admission
O'Donnell, Kathleen M.; Berkeley, William D. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1980
Elderhostel, modeled on the youth hostels of Europe, is a national nonprofit organization offering older adults a week-long learning experience at any one of a national network of participating colleges and universities. The history and reasons for its success are described, along with a profile of its participants and an optimistic projection of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Educational Innovation
Kaufman, Barbara, Ed.; Lydiard, Beverly, Ed. – 1971
This issue of Kaleidoscope, which focuses on projects involving innovative educational changes, describes 90 programs in the elementary and secondary schools in Massachusetts. The projects cover a wide range of educational interests including school administration and environment, guidance and special needs programs, curriculum areas, and a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
Ironside, Diana J.; Jacobs, Dorene E. – 1977
This review of the literature on the topic of counselling and information services for adult learners was commissioned by UNESCO in autumn 1974. Topics addressed include (1) social context of adult education in the 1970's, (2) need for services, (3) trends in counselling, (4) trends in information services, (5) services to women and the…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1977
An evaluation of twenty-five national pilot experimental projects in permanent education conducted in European countries was done to provide a foundation for theoretical work, to update prior studies, and to create an awareness of the problems of permanent education. Three- to five-day evaluation visits were made to each of the project sites by a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, Adult Education, Adult Programs