An evaluability assessment (EA) of the 55 Alive program, a national older driver refresher course aimed at improving driving skills, was conducted. This EA adds to the evaluation literature as previous outcome evaluations neglected to explore whether this program was prepared for such assessments. A mixed-method protocol was executed across three…

Article details the ramifications resulting from the Australian National University's decision to extend its interest in non-degree courses for adults. (Author/LF)

A study reviewed operator training programs at Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station to determine their interface with plant operations and to devise new ways of maintaining interest in requalification (requal) training. The operator training review committee that was formed to implement the review documented over 100 issues and concerns…

Discusses the television broadcasting of a refresher course in mathematics and engineering fundamentals for those preparing to take the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) State Board Examination in Alabama. (MLH)

National Laws and practices regarding paid educational leaves are reviewed based on questionnaire responses from sixty-one member states of the International Labour Office. (MS)

Describes program at the University of New South Wales, Australia, utilizing radio lectures which are taped and sent to students. (SP)

This paper describes the development, production, and delivery of a live, interactive telecourse in effective study techniques that is targeted toward individuals contemplating returning to formal education after a prolonged absence. The course, which deals with such topics as hearing and listening, reading, remembering, notetaking, and mind…

This is a three-day refresher course. Its intended audience is composed of personnel active in aerospace related fields, but who may not have a degree in aerospace engineering, and aerospace engineers who want to review the fundamentals of flight and gain a historical perspective. (BB)

A survey of 225 primarily female participants in a 2-week physical therapy refresher course received 182 responses indicating that 75 percent sought knowledge updating and 25 percent prepared for licensing. Refresher courses were considered appropriate for addressing labor shortages and enabling inactive professionals, often women, to reenter…

Vocational education at the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and continuing education levels in the Netherlands, receiving particular emphasis in response to needs expressed in educational policy making, is described in this article. (JH)

The Advanced Diploma in Chemical Sciences is a new course being offered at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. It is billed as a refresher course in modern organic chemistry for senior industrial scientists and is aimed at Ph.D.'s out of school for at least ten years. (Author/BB)

Described is the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' program of continuing education. Included are comparisons between continuing education programs as offered by universities, industry, and professional societies. (SL)