The Bachelor of General Studies degree, a special degree program at the University of Nebraska, was established in 1950, as an academic division for the exclusive benefit of adult part-time students. The program has three distinctive features: (1) any useful combination of liberal arts and professional courses is acceptable; (2) the able student…

This paper is a capsule statement based on a much longer report of the American Council on Education's Committee on the Financing of Higher Education for Adult Students. Five major points are emphasized: (1) The pluralism of the United States is reflected in its postsecondary education system and its clientele's educational needs; (2) Part-time…

Ninety-two community colleges in California were questioned to determine their current offerings as they relate to retired persons and their educational needs. Two-thousand retired persons in California were delivered questionnaires for their response. The questionnaire was designed to determine the basic characteristics of retired persons and…

The Dallas County Community College District, in conjunction with Amarillo College, has been charged with establishing a task force to develop a comprehensive plan of educational alternatives for senior citizens in the State of Texas. This paper is a report on the subsequent proposals made by this task force. Using the goals of the Educational…

A workshop was conducted by a commission concerned with encouraging and directing the leadership in student personnel work for adults in higher education. The workshop objectives were to highlight the unique characteristics of adult students and to explore the new setting that is emerging. In addition, an attempt was made to encourage creative…

A discussion of ways in which appropriately trained counselors could enhance the growth potential for older and non-traditional students in adult education programs is presented, and includes personal-social, vocational, and academic factors. (LH)

Women across the country are discovering opportunities for personal and intellectual growth as well as pathways to jobs and careers in the continuing education programs offered by high schools and colleges. They emerge from these experiences with a rewarding sense of accomplishment and self-worth. (Author/LH)

"It is the forefront of a movement that sees it as healthy, natural and cost-saving to fill empty seats in classrooms with education-hungry adults" says the author, who reports from Burleigh Community College in Leicestershire. (Editor/RK)

Motivating factors for participation in adult education were analyzed with a short form of the Education Participation Scale, using data from a population of older adults enrolled in adult education programs in Vancouver, British Columbia. It appears that this scale may be useful in planning programs for older adults. (MF)

Discusses roles of information, guidance, and counseling in improving adults' access to education. Major needs are cooperation among community and national guidance agencies, improvement of referral services, and encouragement of peer out-reach services by people already enrolled in adult education programs. (Author/DB)

In role-play, the course leader and the participants perform with different degrees of intensity and for different amounts of time. But there should be a common examination and evaluation of the adequacy of the acquired language material for use in actual life situations. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Describes the effectiveness of telecourses in adult outreach efforts and the contribution of community colleges in developing this medium, based on conclusions reached at the first meeting of the AACJC Task Force on the Uses of Mass Media for Learning. (RT)

Summarizes the discussion of a conference of community college presidents and humanities chairpersons on attracting the mature adult to humanities courses, and lists recommendations covering curriculum, outreach, and program and staff development. (RT)

Many colleges and universities have turned to private subcontractors for help in developing off-campus programs to attract employed adults and others who have shown little interest in traditional curriculums. Considers the use of subcontractors from the point of view of universities as well as that of accrediting commissions. (Author/RK)

Describes the acquisition of grammar in a beginning English course for adult students organized on an experimental basis at the C.R.A.P.E.L. (Text is in French.) (AM)