An external degree is one that may be earned outside the central structure of a college or university. The most common form of external degree program is the evening college in which students, who are usually working adults, meet the standard requirements for a four-year degree by taking a part-time program after work. No allowances are made in…

The major goal of the Developmental and Demonstration Project in Adult Basic Education at North Carolina State University is to identify, develop, and evaluate innovative materials and instructional systems that will accelerate and enhance the learning process in undereducated adults through the use of modern educational technology and media.…

Studies have shown that many approaches developed for work with the disadvantaged work as well with adult students at all levels who are learning a variety of subjects and skills. Some of these techniques--programed instruction, students teaching other students, individualization of instruction with free and low-cost materials--are described in…

The Adult Career Education Counseling Project classified 800 documents relevant to the competencies needed by counselors of adults and has presented them in a classification schema of seven major categories: (1) Counseling and Guidance, (2) Adult Counseling and Guidance, (3) Adult Education, (4) Career Education, (5) Competencies, (6) Training,…

This document provides enrollment and Average Daily Attendance (ADA) projections for the district and for each college within the district for the next five years. Enrollment data are divided into day and evening components; ADA data are divided into Defined Adult and Other-Than-Defined-Adult components. District enrollment is projected to total…

The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Banking (AIB) is a sponsor of the Joint Bank Hiring and Education Program for the Disadvantaged (HEP), the purpose of which is to hire and train undereducated adults and provide education that will enable the trainees to compete successfully in the banking industry. Educational Development…

A study was conducted to explore the goals, attitudes, perceptions, and other characteristics of community college vocational-technical students in four age intervals (three of which would be considered adult). Data were gathered at college entrance (with the Career Planning Profile), again after one term at the school (with the In-Program…

This report lists nearly 450 continuing education programs for women, which were in operation in early 1971. The rising interest of mature women in returning to college is related to a desire to understand the complexities of modern life, as well as to the realization that additional education can provide them with job skills that are useful. The…

The evidence of numerous studies on women's roles and attitudes suggest that, at least historically, women have attitudinally agreed that women's place is in the home. However, more recent studies suggest a new trend in attitudes. Women have now assumed a pose of wanting to work, while at the same time they tend to cluster in traditionally female…

An understanding of the forces affecting higher education can contribute to a perspective on the problems and issues facing colleges and universities. The forces are of two kinds: expansive and restrictive. Their basic drives are toward either growth or constraint. One of the major forces has been a generalized desire for more education for…

This Marathi reference grammar designed for adult students is based on the model of transformational grammar developed by Zellig Harris, and may be of interest to linguists as well. The basic grammatical facts of Marathi are set forth in eleven chapters: (1) the Marathi sound system, (2) the Devenagari script, (3) nouns, pronouns, and adjectives,…

Increasing attention is being paid to the teaching of languages to adults. Communications improvements, tourism, immigration and international commerce are all contributing factors. Emerging third-world states often require a European language for internal and outside communication. Close contact among European nations demands knowledge of a…

That the availability of adult part-time scholarship aid to attend college has had a positive impact on individual, family, and work lives of the recepients in a Kellogg Community College program is documented by a survey of scholarship recipients. Results are related to earlier research by the American Council on Education. (JT)

A critical look is taken of the comparatively recent practice of awarding college credit for life or work experience. It is suggested that the life-experience approach to "respectability" combines academic snobbery and elitism with pragmatism due to the fear of declining enrollments and subsequent job loss. (LBH)

The authors discuss the increasing interest in adult education and lifelong learning, the differences in and the differing needs of adult students, and the need for qualified lifelong educators who can work with adult students. (MF)