The adult education program planning strategy developed and utilized by the University of Georgia's Center for Continuing Education proposes that there are three critical parties to the program planning process: representatives of the clientele group, the faculty, and the adult education arm of the educational institution. Their roles are…

Guidelines for starting a public school adult education program are presented and discuss the collection of basic data on community characteristics, community involvement, program administration and funding, curriculum, teacher hiring, program-school relationship, enrollment, policies, and community advisory board. (LH)

Adult educators, providing necessary lifelong, comprehensive education, face the major imperative of solving the problem of racism. Numerous other imperatives concerning program design and content must be fulfilled in effectively meeting adult learners' needs. Guidance from the principles expressed in a proposed adult educator's Hippocratic Oath…

Article describes a family-centered program of religious education and how it was developed. (Author/RK)

Reviews the federally funded Six Dimensions for People over Sixty project undertaken by six community college districts in Arizona to develop continuing education programs. Describes the six districts, the purposes of the project, problems that were encountered, and the eventual institutionalization of the program. (AYC)

Cites topics, videotapes, and films focusing on women's issues appropriate for public library adult programs, and presents annotated bibliographies of materials on the legal rights of women, battered women, and psychological depression. (CWM)

This handbook provides administrators and staffs of adult education programs with general information on volunteerism in adult education; information on specific programs and strategies, specifically Project SAVE (State Adult Volunteers in Education); and guidelines for program implementation. An overview of the impact of adult illiteracy precedes…

In an era of rising public criticism of education and decreasing resources, strategic planning can be a major tool for educational administrators who wish to respond to the increasing challenges their adult literacy programs face. Strategic planning can be defined as a disciplined effort to produce fundamental decisions and actions that shape and…

Each year, a million new illiterates are being added to the pool of 50 million illiterates in Pakistan. An adult and continuing education program is reviewed. Objectives and needs, program implementation, curriculum requirements, and the role of international cooperation are topics considered. (MW)

A volunteer scheme in Bradford, England was set up to serve the needs of illiterates and semi-literates who couldn't attend a class. The service provided a confidential, free of charge, one-to-one, tutorial relationship in either the tutor's or client's home. (MW)

As director of the Canadian Association for Adult Education (CAAE) from 1951-1961, Roby Kidd led the movement for increased recognition of adult education in Canada. During his tenure, the association continued its major citizenship education projects (Farm and Citizens' Forum and the Joint Planning Commission), carried out many other programs in…

This handbook, produced by a project of the Office of Public Libraries and Interlibrary Cooperation (OPLIC), provides planning, topic, funding, and resource information to help public libraries in Minnesota, in collaboration with other education and community agencies, provides public adult programming in the humanities. Information was gathered…

This is the final report of the Seattle Community Learning Center. The objectives of the project were to extend education and social outreach to members of the community not presently served in adult basic education, occupational skills, childcare, health assistance, family counseling, recreation, and social service referral. The project involved…

Differences between participants and nonparticipants in an on-reserve Indian adult education program in British Columbia were identified by interviewing 22.5 percent of the adult population in a random sample. Eight of 17 socioeconomic variables and 5 of 13 sociopsychological variables differentiated between the 42 participants and 44…