The report describes a survey of postsecondary continuing education needs in the 16 county Northeastern region of New York State. The survey gathered information from a random sample of the general population, a representative sample of continuing education students, and 200 major employers in the region. Comparing leisure time activities and…

Focusing on readability and interest factors of instructional materials for adult education, the study examined the possible relationships between performance and expressed interest in individual reading passages and in categories of passages. Passages on one of three levels of difficulty were administered to 180 adult education students from…

This document is a bibliography of easy reading materials appropriate for adults who are beginning to read in English. It is divided into seven sections: (I) Leisure Reading; (II) Consumer Information; (III) Current Events, Politics in the U. S.; (IV) Health, Nutrition, and Family; (V) History and Biography; (Va) Contemporary Biographies; and (VI)…

This article deals with two ideas that are of special interest to adult continuing educators. The first innovation is the continuing education unit (CEU), which is a means for providing a uniform measure of recognition to the adult non-credit student. A CEU represents ten contact hours of participation in a continuing education non-credit learning…

This science curriculum resource handbook provides background information and techniques of instruction designed for instructors helping students to prepare themselves for the General Educational Development Test in general science ability. It consists largely of fundamental concepts which high school graduates are expected to retain, together…

Adult Basic Education (ABE) students with either no computer assisted education instruction (CAI) experience (NE group), and with a fifteen-minute introduction to CAI (CAI group) were given a 14-item questionnaire to determine their attitude toward CAI. Agreement or disagreement was elicited for statements comparing CAI to the teacher or other…

The Bachelor of General Studies degree, a special degree program at the University of Nebraska, was established in 1950, as an academic division for the exclusive benefit of adult part-time students. The program has three distinctive features: (1) any useful combination of liberal arts and professional courses is acceptable; (2) the able student…

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…

Ninety-two community colleges in California were questioned to determine their current offerings as they relate to retired persons and their educational needs. Two-thousand retired persons in California were delivered questionnaires for their response. The questionnaire was designed to determine the basic characteristics of retired persons and…

The Dallas County Community College District, in conjunction with Amarillo College, has been charged with establishing a task force to develop a comprehensive plan of educational alternatives for senior citizens in the State of Texas. This paper is a report on the subsequent proposals made by this task force. Using the goals of the Educational…

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…

A discussion of ways in which appropriately trained counselors could enhance the growth potential for older and non-traditional students in adult education programs is presented, and includes personal-social, vocational, and academic factors. (LH)

Women across the country are discovering opportunities for personal and intellectual growth as well as pathways to jobs and careers in the continuing education programs offered by high schools and colleges. They emerge from these experiences with a rewarding sense of accomplishment and self-worth. (Author/LH)

"It is the forefront of a movement that sees it as healthy, natural and cost-saving to fill empty seats in classrooms with education-hungry adults" says the author, who reports from Burleigh Community College in Leicestershire. (Editor/RK)

Motivating factors for participation in adult education were analyzed with a short form of the Education Participation Scale, using data from a population of older adults enrolled in adult education programs in Vancouver, British Columbia. It appears that this scale may be useful in planning programs for older adults. (MF)