Paper presented in part at the National Seminar on Adult Education (Chicago, Ill., February 1968), based upon research for doctoral dissertation at University of Chicago.

Various materials are presented to provide guidelines for integrating humanities and travel abroad programs. After noting the long tradition of educational travel and the recent emergence of travel study programs for adult learners, the study-travel program at McHenry County College, a small rural community college in Illinois, is briefly…

A training institute was conducted to provide participants with knowledge and experience which would enable them to demonstrate competence in designing and implementing full-time adult education programs in Louisiana. Fifty participants were selected from parishes throughout Louisiana interested in initiating or improving full-time adult education…

An outline is given of an exercise program for older adults which is designed to increase strength, endurance, and flexibility. Brief descriptions are provided of exercises progressing from modest tone-ups for flexibility to activities involving mildly strenuous physical efforts such as jogging, bicycling, and hiking. Suggestions are offered for…

Inappropriate uses in continuing education of Scriven's (1967) concepts of formative and summative evaluation are described by the author, and guidelines are presented to suggest when formative and summative evaluations are appropriate in continuing education programs. After clarifying what is meant by formative and summative evaluation, the…

COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO HAS NOTED THAT ADULTS RETURNING TO THE CAMPUS ARE DOING SO WITH FAR MORE SERIOUS PURPOSE THAN THEY WERE A FEW YEARS AGO. THE TREND IS AWAY FROM AVOCATIONAL COURSES TO ONES OF OCCUPATIONAL OR CULTURAL CONTENT AND TO CREDIT COURSES RATHER THAN NON-CREDIT. THIS CHANGE TO MORE ADULT OFFERINGS HAS ALSO STIMULATED ENROLLMENT--FROM…

THE AUTHOR PROPOSES THAT--(1) AN ADULT EDUCATION CURRICULUM SHOULD BE BASED ON SPECIFIC NEEDS, INTERESTS, ABILITIES, AND GOALS, (2) SPECIFICATIONS FOR CURRICULUM MATERIALS TO BE USED SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED BY THE PROJECT STAFF, AND (3) THERE IS LITTLE OR NO COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MATERIAL THAT WILL MEET THE ABOVE CRITERIA. GUIDELINES BY WHICH…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY PRESENTS 849 CITATIONS AND ANNOTATIONS ON PUBLISHED RESEARCH LITERATURE ON READING TAKEN FROM THE ANNUAL SUMMARIES OF INVESTIGATIONS ON READING COMPILED ON A YEARLY BASIS BY THE READING RESEARCH CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE CITATIONS FROM THE ANNUAL SUMMARIES FOR 1964-66 WERE TRANSFERRED TO MAGNETIC TAPE WHICH WAS…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY PRESENTS 2,857 CITATIONS AND ANNOTATIONS ON PUBLISHED RESEARCH LITERATURE ON READING TAKEN FROM THE ANNUAL SUMMARIES OF INVESTIGATIONS ON READING COMPILED ON A YEARLY BASIS BY THE READING RESEARCH CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE CITATIONS FROM THE ANNUAL SUMMARIES FOR 1900-1949 WERE TRANSFERRED TO MAGNETIC TAPE WHICH WAS…

THIS LATEST REVISION OF THE INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN LAW FOR LAYMEN (AS PRACTICED IN NEW YORK STATE) DISCUSSES THE NEW DIVORCE LAW, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, PROTECTION AGAINST SELF-INCRIMINATION, AND TAKING AGAINST A WILL, AS WELL AS OTHER CHANGES IN THE LAW SINCE THE LAST REVISION IN 1961. COURSE 1 INCLUDES SESSIONS ON WILLS DEFINED, WILLS AND ESTATE…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY PRESENTS 1,913 CITATIONS AND ANNOTATIONS ON PUBLISHED RESEARCH LITERATURE IN READING TAKEN FROM THE ANNUAL SUMMARIES OF INVESTIGATIONS IN READING COMPILED ON A YEARLY BASIS BY THE READING RESEARCH CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THE CITATIONS FROM THE ANNUAL SUMMARIES FOR 1950-1963 WERE TRANSFERRED TO MAGNETIC TAPE WHICH WAS…

AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL'S PATTERN OF LIVING AND THE RETENTION OF MENTAL ABILITIES WITH AGE WAS MADE AND EVALUATED. THE OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECTS OF AN 11-YEAR INCREMENT (50-61) UPON EIGHT MEASURABLE MENTAL ABILITIES, (2) TO ESTIMATE THE EFFECT OF THE GIVEN AGE INCREMENT UPON INDIVIDUAL AND TRAIT…

THE FRAMES OF REFERENCE FROM WHICH THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS WERE DISCUSSED WERE--(1) THE PRODUCER (AND HIS SITUATION) IN THE STATION AND (2) THE VIEWER (AND HIS PERCEPTION) OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM (ETV) STRUCTURE. ETV PROGRAM STRUCTURE, PROGRAM ORIGINATORS, AND THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THE INFLUENCE OF…