Because of the very early closure of certain courses, a questionnaire was developed and administered to all evening college students registering during a pre-determined period in order to identify enrollment patterns. Another questionnaire was administered following the first census week to students in a 10 percent randomly selected sample of…

Beginning with such movements as the eighteenth century moral reformation societies and Welsh Sunday schools, and the first adult schools for both men and women in the early 1800's, this historical review traces British adult education up to 1850. Emphasis is on the extensive and widespread programs of the Mechanics' (workingmen's) Institutes and…

Beginning with a brief review of relevant social, economic, and educational conditions during the 1800s, this study probed the activities, accomplishments, and vicissitudes of adult education in Ontario up to 1900. Early contributions of agricultural societies, newspapers, associations, private societies, libraries, and public and private schools…

Selected characteristics of evening students in Hawaii's seven community colleges are compared with those of students enrolled only in day classes and those of students enrolled in day and evening classes. Evening students composed 28% (N=6,004) of the total enrollment; 16% of the total enrollment (N=3,419) attended only evening classes, 12%…

AN ANNOTATED, SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY IN THE FIELD OF EVENING COLLEGE EDUCATION HAS BEEN COMPILED JOINTLY BY THE ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON ADULT EDUCATION AND THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY EVENING COLLEGES (AUEC). SPECIAL NOTE IS MADE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ADULTS (CSLEA), WHICH OPERATES AN INFORMATION…