Students older than average have usually been defined as adults 25 years of age or older. Research findings note that these students appear to be a different kind of learner than younger students. Older students are more mature, have a well developed analytical-problem-solving capacity, tend to be more motivated, are more goal oriented, spend more…

A study was conducted to compare the Rhode Island Adult Basic Education (ABE) program with the ABE programs of other states and U.S. possessions. (The purpose of this study was to collect data on specific program variables which were not addressed by the National Advisory Council on Adult Education's 1978 Summary Report.) The data, pertaining only…

As a contribution to research on the reading behavior of adult beginning readers, two experiments were performed with adults reading on the first, second, and third grade levels. The experiments sought to determine whether the pattern of developing strategies in these adults differed from evolving patterns in children learning to read; differences…

This analysis of current and future programs of the Massachusetts State College System examines the potential relationship between the Massachusetts State College System and the providers of Postsecondary Education other than degree-granting colleges and universities that might be established through the Massachusetts Open University, and…

The report describes the two-year activities and accomplishments of the learning skills center at the North Dakota State School of Science. The program provides needed assistance to any students having scholastic difficulty in the general education or related classes of the various vocational programs. It focuses on individual or small group…

A six-week course titled "You Too Can Return to College" at the University of California at Davis is designed to assist adult women reentering college. Returning women were found to be lacking in confidence, had low self-expectations, and needed specialized counseling. The reassessment course is offered through the Extension Division of…

To meet the needs of adult students in higher education, colleges and universities must give attention to the planning implications of enrolling large numbers of adults. Institutions ready to accept the challenge of the adult student must reevaluate program offerings, course scheduling, special degree programs, changes in methods of instruction,…

This booklet discusses counseling for adults in the adult school--either by guidance officials or the teacher. The typical counselor interviews students, functions at group meetings, does cooperative placement work, trains other staff, keeps records, and gives tests. When the teacher acts as counselor, he must relate teaching goals to guidance…

This study investigated the extent of the interest and needs of adult citizens of the Greater Metropolitan Salt Lake City area, insofar as adult degree programs were concerned, and made a thorough analysis of adult degree programs currently in operation in American colleges and universities, with implications for adoption of such programs at the…

This study is concerned with the following topics on adult student attendance at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) during the 1969-70 academic year: student background, reason for attendance, enrollment in programs or courses, academic success, evidence of personal and occupational development. The report is based on the useable…

The Action Process curriculum module is part of a consumer education series (grades 9-14; adults, including elderly) that emphasizes a process approach with a spiral organization. The process approach helps the student in a changing consumer world to function rationally and in a manner consistent with personal values, while the spiral organization…

A course in post-Civil War U. S. history was offered through a local newspaper during the fall semester of 1973. One instructional unit was presented each week for 13 weeks in the newspaper, and the final exam was offered on campus. Weekly units included behavioral objectives, historical interpretation, self-tests, and bibliographies. The mid-term…

The Career Opportunity Program (COP) selected trainees from a group of low-income, Model neighborhood people generally conceded to be high-risk college material in order to provide an example of the "multiple entry routes" to the teaching profession. The program provided models for the following areas: a) the consortium approach to…

The development of learning environments especially for adults has been neglected and research in planning such environments is fragmented and minimal. There is general agreement that facilities for adults should have an aura of adulthood to contribute to an adult's feeling of ease, confidence, and capability; that they should be flexible in room…

Nontraditional higher education is a movement toward increasing the options open to an individual in the pursuit of post secondary education. Its major emphasis is in recognition of individual differences and making institutions more flexible in response to them. This paper describes many programs and proposals throughout the country, giving…