In 11 chapters, this book has been organized around the Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM), a sophisticated way to understand the change process and how participants experience it. This model provides ways for practitioners and policymakers to label change process phenomena, to take positive action in facilitating change, and to predict effects.…

Characteristics of a minicourse developed at Macquarie University in Australia, its application in Australia, and potential for countries in the Asia-Pacific region are discussed. A minicourse is defined as an entire course of studies for a group, similar to a conventional course but compressed into a few hours. The Australian minicourse is…

Accreditation as a phenomena was probably initiated in this country in 1784 when New York formed its Board of Regents. Generally, however, it is the voluntary regional and professional associations that approve programs, although states may be involved. The first regional association was founded in 1885 and the first professional association…

Education in the State of Qatar was traditionally limited to the "orthography of the Arabic language." In 1952 Qatar had one elementary school for boys with 240 pupils and 6 teachers. By 1955, an elementary school for girls (n=50) was established. In 1980-81, schooling increased to 71 schools for boys with 20,588 students and 70 schools…

A project focused on further verification and development of a set of previously recommended vocational education indicators. These indicators were employer's satisfaction with the quality of the graduate's work, number of graduates employed in occupations related to program, labor market demand, number of graduates employed, training-related…

On the premise that the future of higher education depends on what all of us choose to construct as social and institutional policies, the author reviews possible changes in enrollment, instructional methods, campus life, and financing over the next 25 years, concluding that the traditional system of finance should be continued. (JT)

Revising the school curriculum to meet community needs by integrating formal and informal approaches, rather than implementing one national program, is proposed as a way to meet India's educational needs. (AG)

Author damned the present structure of education and proposed new structures that might cure the cause of our educational and social discontent. (Editor/RK)

A summary of the State Committee report on Finnish adult education outlines principles and guidelines on which planning for program development should be based. Nine topics include: objectives, concepts, policy aims, functional background, system evaluation, organizational development, pedagogic development, financial and social support, and…

The university is in need of change. The mature adult is envisioned as playing a vital role in that change by forcing the university to reexamine its goals. Paper presented at 27th Annual Meeting of Gerontological Society, Portland, 1974. (Author)

The paper, presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the National University Extension Association in San Juan, Puerto Rico, discusses the implications of the Pitchell Report for Higher Education. (BP)

A practitioner discusses the problems associated with instructional development (ID) and makes practical recommendations for improving faculty morale and interest, for organizing ID staff, and for improving ID administrative management. (DC)

As the number of faculty who want to employ instructional development services grows, the resulting demand for personal help strains the resources and facilities of the learning resource center. In the interest of efficiency and productivity, instructional development should be pursued as a team effort of faculty within a discipline, focused on…

An account of some of the Manpower Administration research and development projects involving adult basic education efforts, the article does not aim to be a comprehensive treatment of the complex subject; rather, it focuses on the questions and answers uncovered in a number of projects, primarily in urban settings. (Author/AJ)

The author examines the commitment of three large corporations, International Business Machines, Bell Telephone Laboratories, and Xerox Corporation, in the education of their employees. Included in the article are the basic corporate motivations, and the cooperation of established colleges and universities. (DE)