Summarizes the results of an evaluative study on the use of computer-assisted instruction at the Open University in Great Britain. Student responses on questionnaires identified computer-related problems such as physical access, equipment malfunction, and program quality. Makes recommendations for the effective use of computer-assisted instruction…

The National University Consortium for Telecommunications in Teaching, the first national effort to provide high quality bachelor's degree programs for Americans who cannot attend college full-time on campus, is described. It is suggested that both institutional participation and enrollment projections may be exceeded. (MLW)

The author asserts that current federal education policy and student aid programs effectively discriminate against older, part-time, low income students. She calls for changes aimed at achieving equity for adult, part-time learners when the Higher Education Act is considered for reauthorization. (SK)

The activities by colleges and universities directed toward adults and characteristics of the adult learner are charted. The graying of the campus population, the attendance status of the adult learner, the characteristics of the adult degree-credit student, and noncredit activities are discussed. (MLW)

Section 709 of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 mandates shared scheduled positions in certain residency programs in institutions receiving federal aid. A survey of hospitals, undertaken just prior to the law's enactment, to determine the availability of options for less than full-time training is reported. (JMD)

Science and technology have exerted a major influence on higher education/continuing education from 1960-75, as evidenced by more part-time students, increased awareness of continuing education opportunities, personal concern for obsolescence and lack of information, and the resulting management changes to cope with changing situations. (Author/EA)

The author discusses occupational obsolescence from 1960-75 by examining the concept itself, sources of occupational obsolescence, and continuing education as a central strategy for dealing with human obsolescence. (EA)

Responding to the problem of an appropriate institutional structure to effectively and efficiently meet the needs of a clientele group dominated by the part-time student, the author promotes: (1) centralization, (2) the continuing education specialist, and (3) a centralized support operation. (EA)

Increasingly, state officials are dealing with the financial needs of the fastest-growing segment of the higher education market by expanding their financial aid programs to working people, parents, and students with disabilities who must attend college part time. (MLW)

Engaging adult students who are part-time learners requires a particular effort to integrate academic learning with the rest of their lives. Single-loop learning and double-loop learning, concepts from the work of Argyris and Schon (1974), are described. (MLW)

Enrollment figures by level, enrollment status, and type and control of institution are presented, comparing public institutions with private institutions, and full-time students with part-time students. (MLW)

The difference between male students' actual and potential earnings are analyzed based on data from the 1970 wave of the National Longitudinal Study (NLS) Youths Labor Market Experience and the 1979 NLS Youths cohort. Estimates are provided by full- and part-time enrollments and level, and results compared to other estimates. (Author/MSE)

A British survey of 708 part-time graduate students in the social sciences found that a typical student studies about 15 hours a week, works full-time in education, health, or local government, receives some employer tuition assistance, and is given one-half to 1 day release time a week for studies. (Author/MSE)

A British project collected evidence about whether adult involvement in uncertificated or part-time study led to more advanced, certificated programs. Results demonstrated a need for better recordkeeping and revealed some of the circumstances that enabled ease of movement between forms and levels of learning. (SK)

Reports on the views of a small group of part-time United Kingdom Open University students taking their first course. Discusses course demands, support received, demands on their time, learning how to study, student assessment, good marks increasing their motivation, and students' awareness of their increasing confidence and self-worth.…