The work of education and information services for adults consists of collecting information about the education resources available, reaching the intended audience, and assisting clients to identify and obtain the appropriate learning opportunities. (Author/MLF)

The emphasis on control and standards in current educational reform reports is a reaction to past permissiveness, but new business community studies suggest an emphasis on human resources development. Thus, the educational community should concentrate on stimulating unusual effort from ordinary students and teachers, rather than selecting those…

Foresees dramatic and permanent changes in colleges' and universities' role in the "Learning Society." Looks at current educational trends concerning competition among educational providers, part-time students, lifelong learning, and changing educational needs. Discusses cooperation, competition, and autonomy among educational providers. (DMM)

Selected data from a 1984-85 Community College Goals Inventory were analyzed and compared with the results of the survey in 1979 to determine (1) whether the community colleges have assimilated the changes they were working on, and (2) whether there is any evidence of new institutional goals and priorities. (Author/MLW)

Citing the needs of a society moving into a post-industrial era, the author calls upon administrators to develop a new, organized curriculum which would provide experiential education in personal development and interpersonal relations. Current methodologies in human development training are reviewed and form the basis for the suggested…

Higher education is beginning to place emphasis on process rather than on selection, and educators are increasingly willing to deal with individual differences in learners. Three teaching models illustrate the continuum of change: (1) the remedial model, (2) the educator's model, and (3) the pluralistic model. (MW)

One of the perennial problems with universal education is the diversity in achievement it brings to the average classroom. Educational structures are needed that not only accept individual differences but also offer explicit recognition of their value to a democratic society. Young people growing up in the information society are going to have to…

As the theme of survival has pervaded the community college field, educational leadership has been overshadowed by emphasis on the techniques of strategic planning and management, which tend to focus on response capacity and capitalization on opportunity, rather than on educational goals and commitment. Education today, and in the society of the…

Lifelong learning is a movement described as real, necessary, and desirable. A major goal of higher education is seen to be the creation of an equitable learning society in which each individual is helped to become an active agent in his or her own education. (Author/MLW)

Since community colleges play such a key role in meeting the needs for workforce development as well as open access to education, considerable pressure is placed on the colleges to demonstrate their effectiveness. Recently, the focus of assessment in community colleges has shifted from gathering data that legislators and accrediting agencies want…

The future of higher education, especially that of the community college, is discussed. The role of the community college in advancing new concepts--such as open admissions, equal opportunity, and community involvement--is recounted. The development of higher education in the United States is traced, and problems created by the recently instituted…

Student personnel workers hold a key to quality education in the decade ahead. They are the link between supply and demand. By helping students become more sophisticated consumers of educational services and help-education, they respond to student needs. The concept of lifelong learning requires changes in traditional education. (JAC)

Ways that higher education can best contribute to the quality of life in the twenty-first century are discussed. While higher education is coping with an anticipated lowered demand for traditional services, new educational functions are being assumed by corporations, professional associations, and other noncollegiate providers. Industries provide…

Demographic trends, mid-life career changes, increased competition in the labor market, and the idea of learning for its own sake are contributing to new adult learning patterns. Adult information centers and educational brokering services are important links in addressing equal opportunity and effective utilization of learning resources.…