As a sequel to a 1971-72 study, this report for 1975-76 provides an updated inventory of the programs and policies of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) universities through which adult part-time students may earn credit and bachelor's or master's degrees, notes significant changes since the first report, and offers suggestions for…

During the next few years, postsecondary education in the United States will undergo some important changes. Students will be older on the average; innovations will alter both course content and structure; and more education will take place outside the traditional system. Nine topic areas have been isolated that are believed to be of high priority…

As trained counselors, career educators, and career education guidance and counseling programs have become increasingly available, there has been a tendency for the church to lose the perspective of its role in preparing people, particularly the young, for purposeful and satisfying lives. A church-based career development program would provide…

Objectives of a three-phase New York State study were (1) to test the feasibility of an institutional sampling survey for providing descriptive data about the nature and scope of continuing education in postsecondary degree-granting institutions, (2) to test the applicability of the Focus Delphi research method for assessing the priority…

Elderly and handicapped persons currently receive special transportation assistance through a variety of programs at federal, state, and local levels of government. The different agencies administering these programs tend to work independently of one another, often duplicating transportation facilities and incurring unnecessary costs. User-side…

This course in fundamentals of energy technology is one of 16 courses in the Energy Technology Series developed for an Energy Conservation-and-Use Technology curriculum. Intended for use in two-year postsecondary technical institutions to prepare technicians for employment, the courses are also useful in industry for updating employees in…

This course in energy production systems is one of 15 courses in the Energy Technology Series developed for an Energy Conservation-and-Use Technology curriculum. Intended for use in two-year postsecondary technical institutions to prepare technicians for employment, the courses are also useful in industry for updating employees in…

This course in electrical power and illumination systems is one of 16 courses in the Energy Technology Series developed for an Energy Conservation-and-Use Technology curriculum. Intended for use in two-year postsecondary technical institutions to prepare technicians for employment, the courses are also useful in industry for updating employees in…

This course in energy economics is one of 16 courses in the Energy Technology Series developed for an Energy Conservation-and-Use Technology curriculum. Intended for use in two-year postsecondary technical institutions to prepare technicians for employment, the courses are also useful in industry for updating employees in company-sponsored…

After reviewing recent gerontological literature on satisfaction and happiness from the point of view of explanations by analysis of constituents, explanations by synthesis of correlates, and mixtures of these two types of explanations, the report describes results of a social survey of 392 Huron County (Ontario) rural residents over age 60. The…

This report chronicles the continuing joint efforts of several state research coordinating units (RCUs) and the National Center for Research in Vocational Education between July 24, 1979, and February 1, 1982, to develop multi-state, multi-year programs of study. These activities are summarized: general planning of the collaborative studies;…

Designed for use in conjunction with a handbook dealing with effective responses to the crime problem of older Americans, this instructor's guide contains information pertaining to organizing and conducting a course on preventing crimes against the elderly as well as a series of lesson plans. Various aspects of course structure are discussed,…

The third edition of this catalog, which expands and revises earlier editions, annotates audiovisual items for economic education in kindergarten through college. The purpose of the catalog is to help teachers select sound economic materials for classroom use. A selective listing, the catalog cites over 700 items out of more than 1200 items…

This student booklet on job searches is one of six in the Employability Skills Series, a set of instructional materials designed to teach secondary students and adults the skills involved in getting and keeping a job. The competency-based material is oriented to young adults but written at approximately the fifth-grade reading level. (An…

This student booklet on personal finances is one of six in the Employability Skills Series, a set of instructional materials designed to teach secondary students and adults the skills involved in getting and keeping a job. The competency-based material is oriented to young adults but written at approximately the fifth-grade reading level. (An…