A lifelong funding model for higher education would finance "foundation" education from public funds and "continuing" education primarily privately. Paying for tuition and living expenses would be separated, and foundation costs would be handled by vouchers in small units, so learners could have flexibility in their use. (SK)

Discusses deterrents to adult participation in organized education, including personal problems, lack of confidence, cost, personal priorities, and lack of course relevance. The electronic campus is considered as a possible contributing factor to the solution of these problems. (five references) (Author/KRN)

Tested Bandura's self-efficacy theory with 85 minority high school equivalency students from seasonal farm worker backgrounds. Students' self-efficacy expectations, interests, and perceived incentives satisfaction for specific occupations predicted their willingness to consider occupations. Students' generality of self-efficacy was related to…

In a comparable case-study approach, 174 adults answered open-ended questions identifying that (1) degree of self-directed learning was not age related; (2) some emphasized mutual responsibility for learning; (3) learning experiences were largely problem centered; and (4) experience was integral to their learning. (SK)

Considers recruitment and enrollment implications of adult applicants to colleges and universities. Suggests that, to better serve adult population, college administrators responsible for preadmission counseling need to identify means to more personally address each adult applicant's concern regarding college choice process. Describes Candidate…

The educational agenda for the 1990s appears to be mass higher education, which will cause expansion of part-time higher education. A single funding method should be developed to achieve better integration of part-time study into higher education. (SK)

A study investigated the retention, academic success, and progress of 97 returning adult university students, assessing the effects of background characteristics, goals and commitments, interaction within the institution, and external factors. Interaction within the institution in the form of academic advising was found to have the most…

Adult students in three distance education programs completed the Distance Education Student Progress Inventory. Social and academic integration had a significant effect on academic achievement and persistence. Successful part timers were able to integrate school, work, family, and social demands; those who had difficulties often blamed external…

Discriminant analysis of data from Georgia counties was performed on eight variables (continuing education enrollment, vocational education enrollment, high school dropout, county employees, per capita income, per pupil costs, median years of education, criterion-referenced test scores). Results supported Schultz' argument for the impact of human…

Mirroring McGregor's management theories X and Y, the authors posit educational theory X, in which learners are treated as passive children whose teachers make all curricular decisions, and theory Y, in which students are viewed as autonomous and self-directed learners. (SK)

Adult learner participation in program planning is accepted more in theory than in practice. Resistance to change and contextual constraints inhibit its implementation. Strategies addressing these two obstacles can encourage participation in situations where it meets learners' educational needs. (SK)

Postulates five stages of English-as-a-Second-Language reading (mechanical skills, connecting written with oral language, reading for new information, reading for different reasons, and independent reading) and identifies for each a statement of purpose, targeted learner group, and appropriate activities. (20 references) (Author/LB)

Combines methods to probe the learning strategies of two unsuccessful learners as they completed four activities (an interview, a verb exercise, a cloze passage, and a composition). These unsuccessful learners, when viewed through a task demand model, emerged as active strategy users, though they sometimes applied strategies inappropriately. (38…

Examines factors contributing to the increasing enrollments of adults in higher education. Discusses the characteristics of adult learners, and the special circumstances and needs of reentry adult women. Suggests that remedial and developmental specialists have an important role to play in assisting reentry students. (DMM)

Describes, in a case study, how a functionally illiterate adult coped with the disabling effects of not being able to read and how, once he was involved in an educational therapy program, his attitude toward reading, his self-esteem, interpersonal relationships, coping strategies, and actual progress in reading were influenced by the treatment.…