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Download full textRossman, Mark H., Ed. – 1976
The handbook provides an orientation to adult education in Arizona for teachers. Types of adult education covered include adult basic education, English as a second language, literacy, high school equivalency, and citizenship education, with priority given to programs offering literacy training and adult basic education. The first chapter defines…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Baker, Janette, Ed. – University Education News, 1981
Theories on adult development and learning and some of the Ontario universities' programs and services for the adult learner are examined, and Athabasca University, Alberta's answer to the British Open University, is described. Peter O'Donnell discusses adult learners' needs and explains how Athabasca University serves this specific type of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Joiner, Elizabeth G. – 1981
The adult students who are the subject of this report bring a different orientation with them to the study of language than does the typical adult immigrant or foreign student of English. This former group may be engaged in foreign language study in order to satisfy a college level language requirement or as part of a continuing education or…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Affective Behavior, Age, Aptitude
Momeni, Jamshid – 1980
During the 1970s, unprecedented numbers of American adults returned to school. The reasons for this growth and what trends in adult education can be projected for the future are the subject of this policy research monograph. The monograph began with the question, "What will the clientele and scale of adult education likely be in 1990 if…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Age
Trotsky, Ivan – 1974
The suitability of the college setting for adult senior students attending Federal City College during the summer term of 1973 was evaluated, with focus on registration, orientation, class schedule, academic advising, and supportive services. Adult senior students were defined as all undergraduates who were 31 years old or older and who had…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Groups, College Environment, College Students
Horch, Dwight H. – 1978
Anticipating an increase in the determinations of financial need and program eligibility for adult students, a review was undertaken of the current eligibility for aid of adults, the procedures used in determining their financial need, and the policy issues that might arise as the numbers of adults seeking and obtaining financial aid increases.…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adult Education, Adult Students, Eligibility
Parker, L. Allen – 1978
In the adult development and career change program of Metropolitan State University (Minneapolis-St. Paul), a student sets a career or personal enhancement goal and develops a plan detailing the competencies necessary to achieve that goal. The competencies and learning gained from prior experiences are then assessed and documented, while learning…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adult Students, Career Change
Rice, Eric; And Others – 1978
A project was initiated to describe vocational education in correctional institutions in Health, Education, and Welfare Region IV, the Southeastern United States. Project objectives were to (1) produce a data and knowledge base concerning correctional institutions' vocational education; (2) describe and quantify Region IV correctional vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Coordination
Buckley, Peter; And Others – 1978
This paper describes the method adopted in a short course to improve group interaction in the foreign language classroom by giving students the opportunity to engage in group interaction and in this way sensitizing them to group dynamics. It provides the outline and rationale of the course, a detailed description of one unit, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Vancouver Community Coll., British Columbia. – 1979
The results are presented of an institutional evaluation conducted by Vancouver Community College (VCC) in 1978-79 which involved a survey of 14 groups within the college community and an investigation of the survey findings by a visiting team of administrators and instructors from other institutions. The report first describes the advantages of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Students, Advisory Committees
James, Waynne B., Ed.; Offill, Phil, Ed. – 1979
Intended to help ABE (Adult Basic Education) teachers learn to design effective learning activities, this handbook provides activity suggestions, informative materials, and sample forms and materials. Section 1, Adults as Learners, discusses the adult learner's unique characteristics and includes an article on teaching strategies and learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Style
Schmelter, Harvey B. – 1980
A manual outlining a training program for study organizers who are either advising workers already pursuing further education or seeking to reach those workers not yet aware of career and educational opportunities is presented. The guide is designed to aid institutions looking for new ways to involve their workers in educational opportunities and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Career Planning
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
Fisher-Thompson, Jeanne – 1980
Problems and barriers that women often face when re-entering the higher educational system are identified, and ways in which institutions can be more responsive to re-entry students are suggested. A wide range of possible actions is included so that institutions can pursue those most appropriate to their individual circumstances. Definitions are…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Credits, College Students, Compliance (Legal)
Wenckowski, Charlene; Armstrong, David F. – 1979
Enrollment projections for Montgomery College (MC) during the fiscal years 1981 through 1985 are outlined and graphically illustrated in this report. Chapter I details the methodology of the projection analysis, in which varying enrollment predictions, based on alternative assumptions, are matched with the projections derived from a curve-fitting…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Attendance Patterns, College Bound Students, College Graduates
