Examines Competency-Based Education (CBE) at the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Regina from the perspective of counseling. Program characteristics, program development, student involvement, and counselor role in the program are described. (Author/BL)

Discusses factors contributing to high level of illiteracy in Senegal. Reports on study of Senegalese reading habits--participants enjoy reading, read newspapers often, would like to read better, and would take reading improvement courses if they were offered. (CMG)

While research on the human brain indicates that some learning difficulties may be related to differential development of parts of the brain, there are unanswered questions and design weaknesses in the research. Adult educators should concentrate on identifying students' preferred learning modes and helping them use all of their faculties. (JOW)

Courses, curriculum, and classrooms can be designed to affirm students in their adulthood, empowering them to draw on their experiences, interests, and self-motivation to learn. Starting at the introductory level and continuing through specialty courses and electives, critical thinking, learning contracts, self-directed learning, and sharing…

Subject matter concept attainment by adult students was studied by experimentally manipulating instructional instances which were either positive or negative, clear or obscure, or presented in large or small variety. (Author/JA)

Colleges and universities are discovering a boom in part-time, nontraditional, off-campus adult education. (PG)

The article views the adult school administrator as counselor in terms of role, preparation and procedures, and characteristics. (BY)

Report on a 20-hour course designed to introduce prospective adult students to study skills and materials. (SP)

Describes British program in which adult illiterates are taught individually in the tutor's home. (SP)

The willingness of continuing educators to meet the challenge of studying the computer and using it to enhance the learning process will influence whether this generation of educators takes a step forward toward a respectable profession or a step backward toward a poorly paid skill. (Author)

Discusses a study to assess the extent of association between measures of adult basic education achievement and selected teacher, student, and program organization variables. Provides descriptive data relative to the reading vocabulary and mathematics computation and achievement. (JOW)

Describes special pre-academic course for ESL Students at Alberta Vocational Center designed to develop English skills to enable students to compete on equal basis with Canadians in academic or vocational programs. (BK)

College-based adult learning programs are beset by low status, lack of institutional support, cash-cow syndrome, lack of faculty investment, and the dichotomy of traditional/adult students. The academy should embrace an entrepreneurial mission in order to adapt to the challenges of the 21st century. (Contains 15 references.) (SK)

Describes characteristics of the "new" college student, who may be an adult learner from the Baby Boomer era, a high school member of the "Millennial" generation, or a "Gen-Xer." Explores the learning styles of each type of student and discusses the importance of technology to each group. (SLD)

Describes the field testing of the Mississippi Assessment Technique for Identifying Learning Disabilities in Adults (MATILDA) with 97 inmates, 50 undergraduates, and 8 students diagnosed as learning disabled. Reports how the test can be used as a preliminary screening device in adult basic education. (SK)