Many older students are concerned with satisfying vocational objectives, while others search for personal fulfillment or information relating to civic concerns and economic problems. Special challenges now confront the higher education faculty as it responds to society's expectation that lifelong education will soon be available to all citizens.…

Anecdotal reports of students working more in paid employment and studying less have been coming from academics in Australia in recent years. Researchers there are seeing patterns of student disengagement and new forms of engagement to which institutions have not adapted. This paper explores the nature of the shift in forms of student engagement…

Analyzes a 2-volume report on continuing and part-time education put out by the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education. The report contains recommendations to the Massachusetts legislature that they make continuing education programs self sufficient through appropriations and a system of vouchers and tax credits. (DN)

Since 1964, The George Washington University, in Washington, D. C., has conducted a program of Continuing Education for Women. More than 1,500 women completed a 15-week group guidance and counseling course in the first six years; and 300 are currently enrolled. Credit courses are provided at times and places convenient for them. (EB)

Discusses some of the theoretical points involved in teaching study skills to mature students. Describes one approach used with mixed ability part-time students. (JOW)

Briefly discusses the contents of this issue, which concentrates on providing a survey of the wide variety of courses available to English school-leavers who wish either to specialize in physics or to include some physics along with other subjects in their studies. (MLH)

Discusses the role and nature of written examinations for part-time chemistry students in England. (MLH)

Discussions with three groups of further education students in Britain explored their orientations toward study, their responses to vocationalism, and the processes influencing their emerging identities as learners. The processes were linked with the global context of education. (SK)

In Slovenia the Act of Higher Education of 1994 returned sovereignty to universities, reinvigorating the adult education sector of full-time, part-time, and distance studies. (SK)

Distance delivery in a bachelor's to master's degree program enabled 26 physical therapy students to receive degrees while working full time. According to 18 respondents, the program met goals of marketability and affordability. A few experienced technical difficulties with Internet delivery. (Contains 23 references.) (SK)

Examined part-time students' perceptions of collaborative community in a graduate, multidisciplinary education department with courses offered on multiple campuses. Found that perceptions of community are synonymous with friendship, involvement, cohesion, communication, and trust. These feelings were affected more by campus location, program area,…

Discusses agents of change in provision of part-time education in Britain: the role of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications, the Education Reform Act, growing use of performance indicators, Training and Enterprise Councils, and a change to funding through learners. (SK)

In fiction, night school students are usually stereotyped as outsiders: either losers incapable of functioning in academia or worthy achievers who are hard working, bright, and goal oriented. Public opinion and evening students' self-perceptions may be affected by these stereotypes. (SK)

A course in English for speakers of other languages at a British college evolved from part-time language development offered with a mainstream course. The more extensive support students needed expanded into a vocational program with a language component. (SK)

The purpose of this study was to explore the engagement levels among entering and returning Hispanic community college students. This study provides needed data focused specifically on Hispanic student engagement. Limited data exist on the persistence of community college students in general, and Hispanic students in particular. The data were…