Presents a change strategy to forge new options for lifelong learners, focusing on ways to gain institutional acceptance and continuing support for lifelong learning programs in higher education. (JM)

Reports on three successful attempts by college history teachers to reach beyond the classroom by using radio, newspapers, and television. Programs involved pooling resources by a number of colleges, using local facilities, and appealing to local interests. (Author/CK)

History and analysis of library services to adults--educational, informational, and recreational. (LS)

The LifeSkills Center for Leadership (Minneapolis, Minnesota) offers leadership seminars and workshops to help Native Americans of all ages become more positive, confident, and responsible. The youth program focuses on communication, decision making, responsibility, and team building. Experiential activities help youth identify self-defeating…

Used a qualitative, exploratory investigation of 24 adult caregivers with low incomes to examine empowerment as an outcome of adult participation in a cooperative preschool program. The program succeeded in helping parents attain and maintain self-sufficiency. Analyzes to what extent empowerment is fostered by adult participation in a cooperative…

Analyzes and contrasts a number of Roman Catholic documents, published in the United States and foreign countries, emphasizing theological themes which are presented as central to adult religious education. Focuses on the tension between church authority and adult education principles. Concludes that the optimism of the documents is diminished by…

Explores the relationship between participation in a Canadian urban adult literacy programs and employment status over three years. Finds that most participants returned to the same sort of low-paying jobs. Suggests that agencies and groups providing financial support for such programs reconsider the strong focus on employment that permeates these…

The Equipped for the Future (EFF) project of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) helps adult learners (and their tutors) develop literacy skills with a focus on "real life" lessons. This paper discusses projects in California public libraries that use EFF. A sidebar describes LINCS (Literacy Information and Communication System)…

A study of women migrant domestic workers in the USA and their reasons for participating and persisting in community-based literacy and ESOL programmes is presented. Case studies and themes were developed about the women's experiences of work life and how it connected to their programme participation. The findings revealed that the women had…

Childhood sexual abuse research demonstrates that a broad range of social and behavioral deficits may follow the victim into adulthood. Professionals in many service domains, including those in adult learning settings, encounter these deficits in their service populations, often without the benefit of educational background or resources to…

On June 1, 1992, the Ministry of Education in Honduras started a pilot project using Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) to deliver adult basic education. This case study examines the IRI project, or the "Basic Education for All" project, which is predicated on the conviction that educational investment in basic education for young…

An impact study was conducted of ABC CANADA's LEARN campaign, a national media effort aimed at linking potential literacy learners with literacy groups. Two questionnaires were administered to 94 literacy groups, with 3,557 respondents. Findings included the following: (1) 70 percent of calls to literacy groups were from adult learners aged 16-44;…

Duquesne's "Saturday College" program in the Greater Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) area began in the spring of 1992. This is a program designed specifically for the working adult who wants to complete a bachelor's degree in 4 years by attending classes on Saturday. The format of the program and the concerns of the adults in it required…

The California Department of Education awarded Amnesty Education Program funds to service providers to serve immigrant adults needing to fulfill legalization requirements by obtaining a Certificate of Satisfactory Pursuit, and to make available to immigrant adults education and training that would enable them to succeed in school and become more…

This brief presents summary information about the U.S. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, which mandated the Commercial Driver's License Test (CDL); the compliance status of states and drivers to date; and a recently authorized government grants program that will help fund CDL adult education programs. It also provides…