Advertisements in Savannah, Georgia, newspapers from 1765 through 1789 offered adults leisure-related topics for learning such as drawing, language, music and self-defense through private venture schools. (DS)

Presents a program for preparing mature men and women for the General Examinations of the College-Level Examination Program. (RK)

Article describes a specialized organizational development program designed for total integration in the training effort. (Author/MM)

Article describes the results of a survey on the use of participative learning in management training. (Author/MM)

Dropouts were interviewed and the results are tabulated. (SP)

Describes a school which provides non-credit classes and correspondence study to increase Venezuela's skilled work force.'' (Editor)

Author describes the making of a professional package that would create the desired image and stimulate the public at all levels to support, promote and participate in adult education. (Author)

Experience gained for teaching elementary chemistry to adults led to the following working conclusions necessary if such courses are to succeed: a need for student self-admission of ignorance, diagnostic testing and frequent retesting, a willingness by student and instructor to compromise and to digress, the inclusion of ad hoc demonstrations and…

The article describes Iran's attempts to eradicate illiteracy. (MF)

Describes curriculum materials that can be incorporated into an easily managed instructional system that allows for the accurate diagnosis of each students' learning needs. (Author/LF)

Describes Rural Family Development (RFD), a demonstration project which takes adult education into the home by way of weekly TV shows, specially prepared instructional bulletins, and person-to-person contact with trained home visitors. (ML)

Suggests that present restrictive view of training advocated by federal authorities may lead only to short term economic gain and requests that counselors working with disadvantaged groups support a more liberal approach to human development in Manpower training programs. (Author)