Findings from research are cited to document the rates of participation in adult education by age, the main obstacles to growth of educational programs for older adults, and the needs of older adults. Various arguments are advanced in behalf of a strengthened program for the education of older adults. (JT)

Hawaii's system of vocational education (VE) for criminal offenders in its correctional system was reviewed. This report updates a prior study done in 1989 on vocational education in corrections and thus contains comparative information and recommendations based on the latest research findings. Fourteen specialists and administrators involved in…

This report contains a condensation and highlights of public hearings held by the Illinois State Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational and Technical Education (SACVE) and the Illinois Employment and Training Council (IETC) on the subject of community colleges in the state. During the hearings on this topic, 100 witnesses testified. The report is…

Vocational training in Spain suffers from a fundamental initial disadvantage, namely the subsidiary position that it occupies in the general structure of the country's educational system. The situation has been aggravated by the sector's relative neglect by the government, which has been forced to concentrate its efforts on secondary and…

An in-depth study was conducted in three selected cities to determine recommendations for improvement of vocational education. Some findings were: (1) Most students entered the world of work without specialized occupational training, (2) Enrollment in vocational programs was higher when students were taught in comprehensive schools, (3) An…

A third-party national evaluation of the basic grants section of the Adult Education Act was conducted in September 1990. The study drew on data from the following sources: 1990 mail survey of all federally supported local service providers; longitudinal study of local programs that provided information on the characteristics of more than 22,000…

The vocational education programs in the 14 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) member states were examined in order to obtain an overview of the objectives of vocational education and the coordination of vocational programs between secondary and postsecondary institutions in those states. It was determined that 3.5 million high school…

The Michigan Council on Vocational Education conducted a comprehensive review of all secondary-level vocational education (VE) programs for adult criminal offenders. The review focused on the programs that were delivered through the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) in fiscal years 1994 and 1995. Data were collected from the following:…

The effectiveness of school-to-work (STW) in Wisconsin was examined through a review of the data from the following sources: STW implementation reports; follow-up surveys of youth apprenticeship graduates, parents, and employers; and telephone interviews with curriculum directors from 45 Wisconsin school districts. Of the practices and innovative…

To fulfill the sex equity mandate begun in the 1976 Vocational Education Amendments and continued in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984, and to assess the degree of change in vocational sex equity in Virginia over the last several years, this status report covering a five-year period (1980-1984) was developed. The opening…