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Watson, Rollin J. – 1980
The role of college student personnel administration in serving adult learners is considered. Historical trends in the student personnel function and the philosophy that student personnel workers are educators who create programs that contribute to the student's overall educational growth are examined. Changes for the student development personnel…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Development
Download full textDing, Xingfu – 1999
A new conceptual framework for comparative analysis of distance higher education systems, called the Systems Analysis, Typology and Shaping Mechanism (SATS), was used to compare the structures and functions of the DE systems of Australia (which includes external studies and open learning components) and China (which includes correspondence…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Saltiel, Iris M.; Russo, Charline S. – 2001
This book, which is intended for adult educators and human resource developers, presents guidelines for using the principles of cohort programming and learning to improve adult learners' educational experiences. The following are among the topics covered in the book's eight chapters: (1) cohort programming and learning (cohort programs defined;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Wilson, David N. – 2000
Germany's Dual System, which consists of in-school and in-enterprise components, facilitates entry into 374 recognized technical, white-collar and blue-collar occupations listed in training regulations that are grounded in legislation. The Dual System's origins and development in Germany were examined along with several attempts to replicate the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adoption (Ideas), Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education)
Wheelahan, Leesa – 2000
Issues in developing the institutional structures to deliver cross-sectoral education and training were examined in a study of five Australian single-sector higher education institutions with various institutional arrangements with the vocational education and training (VET) sector and five dual-sector universities. Data were collected from the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Learning, Articulation (Education)
Alto, Romulita; Isaacs, Irene; Knight, Brian; Polestico, Rebecca – 2000
This book provides an overview of vocational-technical education and training (VTET) in the 10 member countries of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SAMEO). The book begins with an introduction explaining the objectives and methodology of the cooperative research project on which the study was based. Each of the 10…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies
Richardson, Cathy; Blanchet-Cohen, Natasha – 2000
Adult education for indigenous peoples in Canada was examined. First, information on government institutions, indigenous organizations, international agencies, and nongovernmental organizations engaged in adult education for Canada's indigenous peoples was compiled. Next, questionnaires and survey techniques were used to research the policy and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
