The author writes briefly of his experience as president of The Defiance College, a small college in danger of closing. He makes a plea for humane teaching and proposes that colleges losing students seek to enroll those past the age of 55 in residence courses designed to prepare them for their new stage in life. (JMD)

This commentary on the discussion between the Department of Education and Science and the Scottish Education Department criticizes the enrollment projections and discusses these projections as they relate to postgraduates, overseas students, mature students, and young home entrants. (JMD)

A profile of evening or working students in Holland was established on the basis of personal and background data, motivation, and problems. This report recommends an early start for an educational institution, organized nationwide, but with local departments, that focuses especially on working students. (Author/LBH)

As the numbers of adult students in higher education continue to grow, their needs have become increasingly apparent. It is suggested that, unless the best people and best institutions pay close attention to them, "less-than-reputable" institutions will do so, with damaging results to students and standards. (Author/LBH)

The concept of evolutionary life cycles should become an integral part of a job placement process. The college educational process should be the beginning of a lifetime of learning and earning and not be viewed as a point of departure into an unknown work world. (Author)

The adult learner is the new majority in higher education, yet teaching him is still a cottage industry. Little student aid is available, innovative approaches are challenged by states, and federal policy is laggard. A list of priorities that need attention is offered. (Author/LBH)

Describes ten different forms of advertising that have been used to recruit scientists and engineers to residential postexperience courses. Reports the results of a survey conducted to assess the relative cost-benefit of each advertising method in attracting adult students to specialized postexperience courses. (EM)

Presents a written narrative on adult education principles that is given to experts from various fields involved in planning or implementing nursing continuing education programs. This narrative covers seven important factors in the teaching of adults and for each one includes one or more adult learning principles and their adult education…

Maintains that role-play should not become the pre-eminent method in foreign language teaching, since it does not reach the broad goals of learning, such as the systematic acquisition of language material, achievement measuring, or the expression of personal views of many participants in adult education (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Sociometric technique was used to study group dynamics among adult teachers and adult learners in a functional literacy program in order to determine class leadership. The study was undertaken to locate the group structure of students based on perceived best student, intelligence, popularity, and leadership. Four sociograms depict the…

The reported counseling needs of adult students enrolled in area vocational-technical schools center primarily on academic and vocational concerns. (Author)

Adult skilled and unskilled readers were tested using the cloze procedure, comparing syntactic and lexical errors with materials at varying levels of difficulty. Findings suggest that reading materials for adult basic education students should control not only vocabulary and subject matter, but also the syntactic complexity of the written…

A study of students' attitudes at the Kassel People's University, most of whom were housewives, revealed that the prime motivation was planned vacations and the ability to communicate. Understanding of foreign countries, their culture and politics was not sought by most. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

It is estimated that by 1980 11 million people older than 35 will be studying for bachelor's degrees on campuses throughout the country. Considers what happens to these midlife students when they take a backward leap over the generation gap, landing in an environment that has traditionally been the preserve of the young. (Author/RK)

If academically disadvantaged adults are to succeed in learning, they must be proficient in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Presents the major conceptual considerations implemented at the University of Akron (Ohio) in conducting laboratories which provide academically disadvantaged adults an opportunity to practice these skills. (EM)