This article provides an overview of research relevant to the disadvantaged adult. A majority of the disadvantaged are excluded from participation in educational programs because of the nature of current educational programs, e.g., prerequisites to training. Inadequate background is highly related to unemployment and low aspirational levels. A…

Article describes results of a study at Northeastern University on the effects of programs for experienced business managers. (Author/MM)

Explores the uses of the computer as an instructional aid in adult education. (Author)

An educational program sponsored by the government to increase the employment potential of the unemployed and the under-employed has many rewards as well as difficulties. (CK)

Discusses a vocational preparatory program which provided the adult learner with academic skills in math, science, and English needed for entry into one of Manitoba's Community Colleges. (Author/AS)

A description of the organizing of formal, subject-based courses as well as informal conferences, festivals and social events in Nottingham, England -- all aimed at furthering multi-racial understanding. (Editor/RY)

Extension Board and the Department of Tutorial Classes are programs concerned with adult education. Though reflecting two different philosophies of adult education have been effected by social and political pressures causing expansion. New methods of teaching must be explored in order to reach participants. (MS)

Continuing education as a means of securing economic and social development must reinforce decision making skills and leadership skills. The university as a social instrument must provide continuing education with community support. (Author/MS)

Heckling of government ministers speaking at a seminar sponsored by the extra-mural department of the university in Uganda has brought about changes in program policy for the department. The outcome may be the downgrading of liberal education. It would be a tragedy if the Uganda government were to decide that liberal education was of necessity…

The University of Wisconsin has offered summer residential seminars for adults in North America and Europe--in Ireland, England, and Scotland; in The Netherlands, Scandinavia, and West Germany; and in Greece, Romania, and Yugoslavia. (EB)

Discusses a study by researchers at Columbia University's Teachers College that studied patterns of costs and financing in adult education and training. The objective was to describe the total dollar cost by sponsor type and identify the proportion of total cost covered by various sources. (JOW)

Examines the relationship between leisure and work, the role of leisure, and the demand for educational and cultural programs. Suggests that perhaps less programing zeal and more reasoned understanding would lead to the development of better leisure activities for older people. (Available from University of Texas Press, Box 7819, Austin, TX…

This study argues that education should be a fundamental aspect of any public policy related to aging and elderly persons. Education should not be conceived of as a process limited to the formal transmission of knowledge and techniques but rather as a fundamental human right. (UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, 75700 Paris) (SSH)