This study investigated the extent of the interest and needs of adult citizens of the Greater Metropolitan Salt Lake City area, insofar as adult degree programs were concerned, and made a thorough analysis of adult degree programs currently in operation in American colleges and universities, with implications for adoption of such programs at the…

The authors ask questions and raise issues for continuing education. The questions provide a perspective for looking at the future integration of education and work. Topics covered are (1) clients, (2) content, (3) modes of delivery, and (4) sources. (CH)

This instructor's guide is designed for use with an accompanying 10-book series containing core instructional materials that deal with subject matter needed by apprentices during the first or second years of apprenticeship-related subjects training. Discussed first are the nature and organization of apprenticeship programs in general. The content…

In an effort to re-examine the principles and rationale of community and adult education, this monograph first addresses the quandary of adult education--society's commitment to schooling for the young while paying little more than lip service to meeting the educational needs of the whole population. Continuing education staff are encouraged to…

Part of an effort to expand and improve community college programs and services for older adults, this two-part report summarizes results from a national survey of older adult programs and provides an overview of current trends and their implications for action in community colleges. Following introductory sections, the report discusses a fall…

This report summarizes the major literature dealing with the following major issues in adult basic education (ABE): target and demand populations (size, characteristics, and subgroups of the ABE population and the decline in participation); services provided (the purpose of the Adult Education Act, objectives and goals of ABE, problems of…