Numerous issues and questions related to the adult, part-time student are addressed in this research review, especially as they pertain to the community college. The paper begins by comparing the demographic characteristics of adult learners and non-learners and then points to several sub-populations which might be better served by the community…

A survey of the 49 students who had enrolled in a self-paced, variable-entry data processing course offered by Black Hawk College (BHC) in cooperation with area public libraries was conducted to determine whether the course was serving the students for whom it was intended, that is, non-major, adult students who were employed full-time and for…

This monograph concerns the role of the student personnel worker in counseling adult students, especially female students. Reasons why women return to college and their utilization of a student personnel department are reviewed. An analysis of admission requirements for adult students and an outline of institutional activities that promote sex…

A study examined nine strategies for disseminating "The New Occupational Student: Mature Adult Woman," a counseling program for re-entry women at thirty-nine two-year colleges in New York State. The major purpose was to determine whether there was a particular service or combination of services that was most conducive to the implementation of the…

The role of college student personnel administration in serving adult learners is considered. Historical trends in the student personnel function and the philosophy that student personnel workers are educators who create programs that contribute to the student's overall educational growth are examined. Changes for the student development personnel…

Fifty randomly selected adults, who had attained their high school diploma through Surry Community College's (SCC's) General Educational Development (GED) program in 1978, were surveyed in 1980 to determine: (1) the usefulness of GED participation in gaining employment and in obtaining promotions and salary increases; (2) the percentage of GED…

The future of higher education, especially that of the community college, is discussed. The role of the community college in advancing new concepts--such as open admissions, equal opportunity, and community involvement--is recounted. The development of higher education in the United States is traced, and problems created by the recently instituted…

The premise of this study is that to understand the needs of adult women in vocational education, stereotypes regarding life and work patterns of adult women must be discarded. The purpose of this study is to gain further understanding of how women's family responsibilities and prior education have influenced their working lives and how each of…

This paper relates recent research findings to conceptual and practical considerations that pertain to educational television for adults. Issues discussed focus on (1) identification of the adult learner, (2) the learning needs of adults, (3) roles television can play in adult education programs, and (4) guidelines for designing programs for adult…

Analysis of the transcripts of 200 full-time and 200 part-time beginning traditional credit students randomly sampled from the population of students entering each fall from 1967 to 1975 at William Rainey Harper College indicated that: (1) overall student grade point average rose in direct relationship to changes in grading policy; (2) the grade…

The adult training programs of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of the Ontario community college system are designed to provide adult students with secondary education degrees, commercial training, and technical training. In order to assess affective aspects of these programs, Canadore College developed a 174-item questionnaire and…

Models for assessing prior learning or noncollege learning are discussed. The increasing variety of interests, ages, and levels of maturity among prospective college students requires that higher education institutions face the issue of granting credit for noncollege learning. It is suggested that the key issue for colleges and universities is how…

Adult students of English as a second language (ESL) in northern New Jersey were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the relative importance of various aspects of English instruction. The questionnaire was based on a 1974 Adult Performance Level Study (APL). Results of the survey led to the following general conclusions: (1)…

Enrollment projections have indicated a large decline during the 1980's in the number of high school graduates, the traditional population enrolling in colleges and universities as freshmen. As competition for the available students increases it is suggested that smaller junior colleges like Potomac State College of West Virginia University may…

Papers and summaries of workshop presentations from the fortieth annual meeting of the Association for Continuing Higher Education are compiled in this publication. The four major addresses include: "Public Policy and Lifelong Learning--How the Government Views Continuing Education" (Lloyd Davis); "The Past Is Prologue--The First Forty Years:…