Events and "Imperatives for Action at the Galaxy Conference on Adult Education (Washington, D.C., December 6-11, 1969) are briefly discussed. (LY)

Major meetings, new publications, and special projects by subsidiary groups, are reviewed for the year. (LY)

The Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. must move out of the calm reflected at Atlanta to its Mission 70's. (NL)

Statement by the Executive Director of the Adult Education Association before the Delegate Assembly, November 1972. (Editor)

The author recounts the founding of the American Association for Adult Education and the establishment of the Department of Adult Education by the NEA in the 1920's; he traces their evolution and interrelationship, as well as their relationships with other, more recent, professional organizations. Continued cooperation and collaboration are urged.…

The article discusses the extent to which the Adult Education Association has achieved its objectives since its founding in 1951. Differing points of view are considered, professional publications described, criticisms recounted, and areas of impact cited, with the theme that the organization is as strong as its members make it. (AJ)

The article examines the American Council of Education's programmatic efforts in (1) continuing functions--formal military evaluations and the GED testing program, (2) new functions--a project on noncollegiate-sponsored instruction and developing interfaces among credentials, and (3) general concern for credit policies and practices. (MW)

The article recounts the intellectual excitement and stimulating participation characteristic of the early Council of National Organizations' (CNO) programs, and challenges today's adult educators to provide educational programs that will develop leadership to meet society's needs--one of CNO's early thrusts. (Author/AJ)

In the text of her address to the AEA/USA, the incoming president of the association urges a strong national program with potential international interchange, sets 12 goals for the future, and suggests specific means of achieving them. (AJ)

The article describes the 25-year evolution of the National Association of Public School Adult Education (NAPSAE); its affiliations, first with the Adult Education Association of the USA (AEA/USA), and then with the National Education Association (NEA); the dissolutions of those affiliations; and the accomplishments of the association, now…

Roman Catholic Church-sponsored adult education organizational development in America from 1968-72 is described, introducing a philosophical shift (from adult education broadly conceived to adult religious education) and structural adjustments based on 1971-72 research which established the Church's adult education priorities (background papers,…

The author considers the growth of adult education in the past 25 years, in terms of the associations of adult educators and other groups and of government involvement, and then turns attention to the future, considering possible social changes so broad that their impact on adult education would be inestimable. (AJ)