This study focuses upon the childhood and adolescent career choices of college freshman women. Subjects were 1188 women entering the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee as freshmen. These women were asked to complete the "Life Planning Questionnaire for Women," and to check those occupations, from a list of 135 from the Strong Vocational Interest…

The proceedings of the first Region VI Conference of the National University Extension Association held at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, include panel discussions and major talks given. The objective for the conference was to provide a special training opportunity for all staff needs in higher adult education in the West. Topics covered…

This document examines the feasibility of financing parttime students. Emphasis is placed on an overview of the educational setting, objectives, definitions, who the adult students are, the image of parttime students, how many parttime students there are, delivery systems and financing patterns, financing for postsecondary education students in…

Adult students are voluntary learners. They have certain expectations of achievement when returning to the classroom. The teacher of adults should utilize these students' experiences, because adults can respond better if encouraged to draw on their personal knowledge. The non-English speaking adult students learning English as a second language…

The premise of this paper is that adult education is different from secondary and college education because adult students have different needs than younger students. Adult education requires coordinated planning, effective guidance and counseling, improvement in faculty training, and curricula that meet the demands of mature students. A model for…

In recent years, there has been a growing research interest in the analysis of errors adults make while learning a second language. The underlying objective of most of these analyses has been to reveal the systematicity of adult errors in an effort to understand the process of adult second language learning. This paper deals with errors from a…

There have been considerable gains in the number of students enrolled in college at the undergraduate level in the past several years. The gain in enrollment in 2-year colleges has been especially marked. The total number of students enrolled in the first 4-years of college increased from 5.1 million in October 1966 to 7.0 million in October 1972,…

This document presents a study of the organizational, financial, and physical implications of developing a program for "new market" students at the University of Wisconsin. New market students are generally older people who want educational programs and policies relating directly and concretely to their work, leisure, and human…

The central purpose of this book is to review the present state of the art in adult basic education teacher training. Each of the chapters of the book was developed specifically for the Workshop to Increase and to Improve University Teacher Training Programs in Adult Basic Education, which was held at The University of Chicago in March 1969. The…

This manual is designed to assist teachers in their discussions with adult students regarding society's current crisis in the area of drug abuse. It specifically delineates approaches, questions and techniques suggested for use with the filmstrip on drug abuse, "Ride a White Horse". The complete script and a description of the action of the…

This study sought to determine whether the cloze percentage score which Bormuth identified as corresponding to the instructional level for intermediate grade pupils is applicable to more sophisticated students. Reading grade equivalent scores were obtained for 92 eleventh graders and 84 post-high school students on a standardized reading…

THE FACTORS WHICH MIGHT HAVE CAUSED ADULTS TO DROP OUT OF AN ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM WERE EXAMINED. THIS ADULT PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED IN A SMALL CITY IN WISCONSIN FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1966. TWO TEACHERS, A READING TEACHER AND AN ENGLISH TEACHER, HELD CLASS TWICE A WEEK FOR 50 SESSIONS. THIRTY-EIGHT ADULTS RANGING IN AGE FROM 18 TO 60 WERE…

A mathematics curriculum, based on building up an adult's confidence through success and in teaching practical math abilities that are relevant to adult needs, is discussed. (BP)

Adult basic education programs in the United States are reviewed in terms of educational legislation, need, program development, adult students, curriculum development, teaching approach, and program results. (LH)

Discusses current language needs analyses, and considers the relationship between this type of analysis and language programs and materials. (AM)