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Barak, Robert J., Ed.; McCannon, Roger S., Ed. – 1975
The conference papers provide an overview of some of the main issues and perspectives in the granting of credit for experience by covering the transition from the construction of educational experiences for and with students for the future to the accreditation of experiences of the past. This also includes the problem of translation or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Credits, Continuing Education Units

Mason, W. Dean – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1974
Article discussed educational programs for older persons and their behavior toward participating in them as well as their natural abilities for achieving mental growth. (RK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age
Field, Jeffrey L. – 1978
In response to implications raised by earlier research in the field, a study investigated the learning projects (as defined by Allen Tough, 1971) of a group of nonliterate and semiliterate adults in a small community. Brown's Town, Jamaica, was chosen as the area of the study because Jamaica is a Third World nation that has recently initiated a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs