Despite the growing number of older students (age 50 or over) attending two-year institutions, counseling services relevant to their needs are often overlooked. These needs are especially acute because they often stem from the disengagement of long established social roles, such as the loss of a job through retirement, the loss of loved ones…

A study was undertaken to examine the feasibility of a modified cloze format in the assessment of contextual and structural analysis skills and to examine certain factors of language processing among adult, nonproficient readers. The subjects, 69 adults enrolled in remedial reading courses at two technical colleges, were administered either the…

Conversations between adult students of English as a second language were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed in order to establish principles of extralinguistic conversational repair technique among second language learners. A variety of gestural and kinesic features were discovered; these are described in detail and their use is contextualized…

Since the 1960's, there has been a sizeable migration of Puerto Rican and other Spanish-speaking people to New York City. Many Chinese also migrated there when the Chinese quota was increased from about 100 to over 20,000 persons for 1968-69. In order to plan for effective occupationally related English teaching for these two groups, their…

Birbeck College, a non-residential School of the University of London, provides facilities in central London for part-time education in arts and sciences, at first degree and graduate levels. During 1966, an academic advisory committee studied the future role of the College and reported with recommendations concerning the size and scope of the…

The examination of administrative and political issues in career education entitlement (voucher) plans opens with a discussion of various rationales and models for entitlement programs. A discussion of existing and proposed entitlement schemes covers the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program (BEOG), the educational benefits provided under…

Based on surveys of military student attitudes toward American Preparatory Institute (API), the study provided information about competency-based, continuous-progress high school level instruction at API, a private high school for military adults. Students were predominantly male enlisted military personnel, the mean age was approximately 20…

A national study of 4,984 clergymen in 21 predominantly white Protestant denominations concerning occupational stress and continuing education involvement was conducted by the Ministry Studies Board of the National Council of Churches. The questionnaire, which was mailed to 7,990 clergymen and returned by 62%, consisted of seven sections:…

The primary intent of the study of 42 adults in West Central Minnesota was to discover what adult learners perceived as barriers to continuing education. Twelve of the adults interviewed were enrolled in a baccalaureate degree and 30 expressed an interest in postsecondary education but currently were not enrolled (20 future degree seekers and 10…

Conducted by the University of Alabama Committee on Adult and Part-Time Students, the 1974-75 study is concerned with identifying characteristics of adult and part-time students at the University of Alabama and drawing inferences from these attributes. A random sample of 284 of 2,021 part-time students at the university was selected. Of the 179…

Institutional and individual determinants of adult participation in higher education are examined. By means of an ordinary least squares regression, the 1970 degree-credit college enrollment of a sample of 57,689 married men and women 25 or older living in metropolitan areas was predicted. Being a Vietnam veteran tripled the likelihood of a male's…

In order to identify vocational programs which would meet the educational desires and aspirations of the community and the manpower training needs of business and industry, Eastern Arizona College (EAC) conducted a needs assessment of the Globe-Miami area. During the Spring semester of 1973-74, existing demographic and other data were reviewed; a…

This study investigated congruence in ego stage and group relevant aspects of teachers' and learners' personalities, and between their preferences for and perceptions of group work and emotionality behaviors, as related to learners' learning achievement and to teacher and student satisfaction with learning group membership. Subjects (130 learners…

The reflections of 79 participants attending a national conference on special adult degree programs are synthesized. The central theme of the first session was the identification of the most appropriate content for a liberal studies curriculum. Session 2 expressed concern over major problems: the transient nature of man; the role of accrediting…

This publication provides planning models for counseling with groups of disadvantaged adults; the models are focused on the vocational success of the individual. The trainee is helped to perceive his role realistically and to plan his future place in society. Self-evaluation and planning for future employment are major themes running through the…