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Download full textColorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Div. of Adult Education. – 1969
This statistical report on public school adult education in Colorado during Fiscal Year 1968-69 indicates total numbers of classes, instruction hours, and students for 19 subject fields and miscellaneous courses; Federal, state, and other expenditures; administrative and teaching personnel, part time as well as full time; total expenditures for…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Enrollment, Equivalency Tests, Public School Adult Education
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. – 1970
Designed to help secondary school districts plan continuing education activities and to define possible areas of program coordination between districts, this 1970 inventory of continuing education activities represents responses from 353 (59.6%) of the secondary school districts in Pennsylvania. It indicates the number of courses (a total of 503)…
Descriptors: Courses, Credit Courses, Enrollment, Evening Programs
DEGABRIELE, EUGENE H. – 1967
ADMINISTRATORS OF ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN ADULT SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR COLLEGES IN CALIFORNIA WERE SURVEYED IN MAY 1967 AS TO WAYS IN WHICH THEIR PROGRAMS WERE SERVING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ADULTS AGED 50 AND OVER. FINE ARTS, CRAFTS, HOMEMAKING, BUSINESS EDUCATION, AMERICANIZATION, CIVIC EDUCATION AND SPECIAL FIELDS, VOCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL…
Descriptors: Age, Agency Cooperation, Driver Education, Educational Opportunities
Gran, James R. – 1969
Teachers of 30 adult evening high school completion classes in Jackson County, Iowa, completed questionnaires to assess their own inservice training needs in relation to program content and effectiveness. The comparative few who recognized a need for inservice training stressed such concerns as courses in English, and adult education trends and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Program Evaluation, Public School Adult Education, Secondary Education
Jansen, Udo H. – 1970
This 1969 study in Lincoln, Nebraska, assessed participants' attitudes toward adult education before and after enrollment in public school adult education classes of their own choice. Major characteristics included sex (484 males, 1,014 females) and sources of tuition (self and family 1,362, sponsoring agency 63, employer 72). Courses were divided…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Change, Educational Attitudes, Educational Background
Richmond Public Schools, VA. – 1962
With the aim of evaluating state policies on high school diplomas for adults, the Richmond, Virginia, public school system conducted a national survey on states and territories issuing diplomas or equivalency certificates on the basis of the General Educational Development test or other standardized tests; kinds and sources of tests being used;…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adults, Comparative Analysis, Credits
Martin, Anita L. – 1970
This survey concentrated on evaluating the present structure of public school adult education (PSAE) in Massachusetts, adult access to education throughout the state, characteristics of local programs, and possible future directions. Analyses were made of the history, objectives, and policies of 100 local programs, followed by student body,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum, Educational Opportunities, Enrollment
Gran, James R. – 1970
This followup study dealt with the third graduating class (April 22, 1969) of the Jackson County (Iowa) Adult Evening High School Completion Program. Background data were gathered on age, sex, employment status, family and marital status, occupation when enrolled, and present occupation and employment. There were 58 tuition and 42 nontuition…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Employment Level, Family Status, Females
Larson, Burnell; Bunten, John W. – 1970
The survey of adult education in Nevada contains data on comparative enrollments, 1963-70, for the state, counties, and participating institutions; enrollment by school districts; and a statewide summary of public school continuing education programs in 1970. The comparative enrollment and statewide summary data are further divided into enrollment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Services, County Programs
BOWYER, RUTH HURST – 1963
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO SECURE INFORMATION FROM MOTHERS OF JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS AS TO WHAT CLASSES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE UPSHUR COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, ADULT HOMEMAKING PROGRAM. THE QUESTIONNAIRE DREW REPLIES FROM 457 (35 PEPERCENT) OF THOSE CONTACTED. RESPONSES SHOWED A GENERAL INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN ATTENDING…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Evaluation, Home Economics, Home Economics Education
Gran, James R. – 1971
One of a series of one year and four year followups in the Jackson County (Iowa) Adult Evening High School Completion Program, this study assessed the educational, social or personal, and/or financial gains experienced thus far by the 58 member Class of 1970. General information (age, sex, residence, marital and family status) was sought, along…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Age Differences, Attitudes, Educational Needs
FERRANTE, LOUISE ANN – 1962
AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF PROBLEMS AND PERSONAL NEEDS IN NEW YORK STATE REIMBURSED PROGRAMS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION IN HOME ECONOMICS AS SEEN BY TEACHERS AND BY ADULT EDUCATION DIRECTORS, OF PROGRAM AND TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS, AND OF DIFFERENCES IN ASSESSMENTS BY TEACHERS UNDER DIFFERING TYPES OF CERTIFICATION. QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES…
Descriptors: Administrators, Attendance, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis
MARSH, A.I.
ALTHOUGH LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES, THROUGH TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND EVENING INSTITUTES, ARE THE LARGEST PROVIDERS OF ADULT EDUCATION IN BRITAIN, LIBERAL STUDIES ARE DOMINATED BY THE UNIVERSITIES AND BY THE WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION (WEA). LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES HAVE TENDED TO FAVOR A NON-UNIVERSITY APPROACH BY PROVIDING CLASSES IN A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Classes (Groups of Students)
SMITH, MAX S.; AND OTHERS – 1965
DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR A PROGRAM OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION STUDIES FOR ADULTS AND TEENAGERS IN MICHIGAN. THE BACKGROUND AND THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE DROPOUT PROBLEM ARE REVIEWED, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS (PRINCIPALLY ACCREDITATION AND FINANCIAL POLICY) PRESENTED BY EXISTING PROGRAMS IN MICHIGAN AND CERTAIN OTHER…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Adult Students
Michigan State Dept. of Public Instruction, Lansing. – 1965
DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GIVEN FOR A PROGRAM OF HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION STUDIES FOR ADULTS AND TEENAGERS IN MICHIGAN. THE BACKGROUND AND THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE DROPOUT PROBLEM ARE REVIEWED, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS (PRINCIPALLY ACCREDITATION AND FINANCIAL POLICY) PRESENTED BY EXISTING PROGRAMS IN MICHIGAN AND CERTAIN OTHER…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Adult Students
