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Direct linkRoumell, Elizabeth Anne; Salajan, Florin D.; Todoran, Corina – Educational Policy, 2020
In the United States, adult and workforce education (AE) seems to be located, simultaneously, both everywhere and nowhere in particular. Ongoing shifts in national economic demands and changes in requirements for training and education have brought learning in the adult years into the federal public policy arena. Sometimes referred to as lifelong…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Adult Education, Educational History, Policy Formation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1979
Part two of selected issues to be considered by the 96th Congress regarding the Higher Education Act reauthorization are examined. Recently funded at approximately $5 billion, the programs of this legislation serve over 3 million students through financial assistance and nearly the full range of traditional higher education institutions and many…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Services, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Toward a Learning Society. Austere Budget but Promising Legislative Proposals for Lifelong Learning.
Peer reviewedChristoffel, Pamela H. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1979
Examines the proposed federal 1980 budget with respect to federal support for Lifelong Learning and Higher Education Act reauthorization. Although major programs are slated for no funds or slashed, there is some federal commitment to lifelong learning over the long term. Tables provide details of present and proposed funds. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Content Analysis, Educational Finance
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
Hearings on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 focus on programs that provide training and professional development opportunities for teachers under Title V, and Continuing Postsecondary Education Program and Planning under Title I. Attention is directed to problems confronting the teaching profession at all educational levels and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Continuing Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Millard, Richard M. – 1980
Purposes of 1202 Commissions and projected new roles with respect to continuing education are discussed. Both the House and Senate versions of the legislation reauthorizing the Higher Education Act of 1965 delete any reference to 1202 Commissions and substitute for it a state agreement provision. What in effect the new legislation does is to carry…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Legislation
Kennedy, Mary Ellen – 1978
Educational programs geared for older adults are a recent development in colleges. While certain physical handicaps may occur older persons can learn, nonetheless. Older adults are interested in learning new things and are excited by interacting with younger people in intergenerational college courses. Many programs are being built on the 1965…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adults, College Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education, Washington, DC. – 1977
This report of the activities of the National Advisory Council on Extension and Continuing Education during 1976 focuses on current information about (1) the nature and extent of the need for federal continuing education programs; (2) the appropriateness of the existing responses in light of the needs identified; and (3) the Council's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1979
Provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 are presented in this committee print. The following parts of the legislation are detailed: Title I, community service and continuing education programs; Title II, college library assistance and library training and research; Title III, strengthening developing institutions; Title IV, student…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Community Colleges, Community Services
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
United States Senate hearings on S. 1839, a bill to extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, are presented. Testimony concerning the proposed Higher Education Amendments of 1979 is presented by college administrators, financial aid officers, students, teachers, researchers, and representatives of the federal and state…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Libraries, Community Colleges, Community Services
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1976
The Education Amendments of 1976 extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, extend and revise the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and make new provisions. Title I, which relates to higher education, includes amendments for community services and continuing education, college library assistance and library training and research, strengthening…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Adult Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education
