Descriptor
Source
| VocEd | 1 |
Publication Type
| Books | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Wisconsin (Milwaukee) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textHUBBARD, JOHN M. – 1964
COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO HAS NOTED THAT ADULTS RETURNING TO THE CAMPUS ARE DOING SO WITH FAR MORE SERIOUS PURPOSE THAN THEY WERE A FEW YEARS AGO. THE TREND IS AWAY FROM AVOCATIONAL COURSES TO ONES OF OCCUPATIONAL OR CULTURAL CONTENT AND TO CREDIT COURSES RATHER THAN NON-CREDIT. THIS CHANGE TO MORE ADULT OFFERINGS HAS ALSO STIMULATED ENROLLMENT--FROM…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Credits, Curriculum Development
McBride, James R., Ed. – 1972
The proceedings of the 1972 annual meeting of the Association of University Evening Colleges are reported. In this meeting the AUEC examined its role, as well as the role of individual institutions, in meeting the new demands of higher education. The addresses were: (1) "What Are the Keys to Organizational Renewal?" by Robert G. Farris; (2) "What…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, College Faculty
Cotoia, Anthony M. – 1975
Instructional, administrative, and support services for adult evening education in Massachusetts community colleges are totally supported by tuition paid by enrolled students. On the other hand, day divisions of these colleges are supported by taxation and paid for by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Thus, an adult evening division student pays…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges, Community Services
Rich, Don – VocEd, 1978
Milwaukee Area Technical College served 105,000 adults with its outreach programs during 1977-78 with courses for business and industry employees, adult basic education, community services, family living education, urban concerns, and evening centers. Scope of these programs is briefly described. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Syracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1967
AN ANNOTATED, SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY IN THE FIELD OF EVENING COLLEGE EDUCATION HAS BEEN COMPILED JOINTLY BY THE ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON ADULT EDUCATION AND THE ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY EVENING COLLEGES (AUEC). SPECIAL NOTE IS MADE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERAL EDUCATION FOR ADULTS (CSLEA), WHICH OPERATES AN INFORMATION…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Knowles, Malcolm S. – 1994
This book, which is a revised version of a book first published in 1962, examines the present state of the field of adult education (AE) by examining its origins and patterns of growth. Part 1, which traces the emergence of institutions for the education of adults, covers the following topics: colonial foundations and antecedents in 1600-1779…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Apprenticeships
