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Peer reviewedWoodruff, Joyce C.; Mollise, Dorothy C. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1995
Comparison of grade point averages of adult students, who attended a course weekly--evenings and weekends--(n=60) with those (n=57) who attended daily showed that nontraditional scheduling did not hinder adult students' academic performance. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Delivery Systems, Evening Programs, Flexible Scheduling
Peer reviewedSisco, Burton R. – Journal of Adult Education, 1986
Discusses recent innovations in scheduling, timing, and delivery formats that should allow more working adults to pursue graduate study in adult education. Highlights Syracuse University's Weekend Scholar option and Teachers College's Adult Education Guided Independent Study (AEGIS) program. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Graduate Study, Independent Study
PDF pending restorationMoen, Norman W., Ed. – 1980
Educational opportunities provided by the General College of the University of Minnesota are described. Among the developments is outreach to working adults through evening and off-campus courses. Special career offerings include training in law enforcement to meet statewide police licensing standards as well as to provide a specific academic…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Career Education, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship
Stack, Hal; Paskal, Oscar – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
Using an innovative delivery system, curricular design, and approach to student services, Wayne State University has been able to clear many of the obstacles that have traditionally denied working adults access to higher education. Community relations are discussed and a labor studies program is described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Relations, Delivery Systems
Download full textTechnology Univ., Sydney (Australia). – 1994
This document contains materials about and from the "History of Adult Literacy Weekend" that was held at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. The following papers about the weekend are included: "Foreword" (Patricia Ward, Rosie Wickert); "Introduction" (Rosie Wickert); "Focus on Oral…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Delivery Systems
Lucas, John A. – 1992
In an effort to determine the needs and perceptions of students and faculty involved in evening and weekend classes at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) in Palatine, Illinois, surveys were sent to 400 students randomly chosen from 100 course sections taught at WRHC in fall of 1991, and to 767 faculty teaching evening or weekend classes during…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Planning, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Sutherland, Lee W. – 1980
As a prerequisite to developing an undergraduate weekend college for the School of Management at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts, a literature review and correspondence with institutions providing a weekend college were undertaken. The study objective was to discover which institutions offer such a program, how they operate, the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Students, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
