This paper is a capsule statement based on a much longer report of the American Council on Education's Committee on the Financing of Higher Education for Adult Students. Five major points are emphasized: (1) The pluralism of the United States is reflected in its postsecondary education system and its clientele's educational needs; (2) Part-time…

A workshop was conducted by a commission concerned with encouraging and directing the leadership in student personnel work for adults in higher education. The workshop objectives were to highlight the unique characteristics of adult students and to explore the new setting that is emerging. In addition, an attempt was made to encourage creative…

Part-time undergraduate student numbers have been increasing over the last 15 years. Some 615 separate part-time first degree courses in Great Britain are identified and examined in terms of the types of institutions offering them, their accreditation, timing, mode of provision, subject, entry and exit arrangements, and location. (Author/MLW)

Survey of part-time graduate students at six English universities and colleges reveals 70 percent were teachers, 14 percent engaged in research, 55 percent were motivated by earning higher salaries, 40 percent to qualify for better jobs and 48 percent by interest in subject and research. (IR)

A look at the studying processes of English college students who are being taught by BBC instructional programs and supplementary materials. (LS)

A learning organization set up to pursue meta- or process-goals for management students is described in terms of its theoretical bases and course structure. Student perceptions of the course and its outcomes are compared with expectations; discrepancies are discussed along with criticisms of the approach within a university context. (JMF)

Considers problems and practices in career programing for part-time students in terms of law enforcement, fire protection, banking, and real estate programs. Suggests identifying programs with many part-time students and assessing student needs and interests in comparison with institutional practices in order to generate maximum revenues at…

The new epoch is that of the part-time student--the adult, the farmer, the laborer, the professional. It is the era of men and women in school whose student roles are subordinate to their roles of worker, spouse, parent, and citizen. (Author/EA)

Considers the effect of the 1988 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) Standards on potential entry-level students who want to study part time and experienced counselors who want doctoral programs. (Author)

An off-campus MBA program involved 467 nontraditional students in individual assignments and 2 intensive weekend classes. Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores, undergraduate grade point average, and work experience were the best predictors of success in the program. For those admitted as exceptions, GMAT score and undergraduate…

A model of adult education dropout posits psychosocial, external, and institutional integration factors as causes. Testing with data from 443 Norwegian adult students (167 dropouts) demonstrated that factors related to interaction with the institution made a more substantial contribution to explaining attrition than did external systems theory.…

Four types of Master's of Business Administration (MBA) offered at the University of Bath (England) are (1) full-time program; (2) executive MBA, to prepare working managers for promotion; (3) Malaysian executive MBA, in collaboration with the Malaysian Institute of Management; and (4) British Airways open MBA, an evening program for airline…

The educational agenda for the 1990s appears to be mass higher education, which will cause expansion of part-time higher education. A single funding method should be developed to achieve better integration of part-time study into higher education. (SK)

Adult students in three distance education programs completed the Distance Education Student Progress Inventory. Social and academic integration had a significant effect on academic achievement and persistence. Successful part timers were able to integrate school, work, family, and social demands; those who had difficulties often blamed external…