Highlights the distribution of financial aid among college students and types of postsecondary institutions. Finds a pronounced increase in the number of financial aid awards going to older financially independent students with a concomitant decrease in awards to younger dependent students. (AYC)

Discusses the applicability of school psychological services to the adult population. Provides the reader with an overview of services provided to college learning disabled students, discusses the relationship between such services and school psychological services, and identifies numerous training and service possibilities that exist for the…

After years of having one of Boston's strongest adult education programs, Northeastern University's University College suffered an enrollment drop in the fall of 1983. Some of the steps taken to improve enrollment included: marketing research, fine-tuning the program, and promotion experiments. Some marketing tips are provided. (MLW)

A survey of students who completed portfolios of self-acquired competencies to earn credit for prior learning at Indiana University reveals the benefits derived from the process including self-esteem, ability for self-evaluation, and better focus for their degree programs. (SK)

Looks at three dimensions of the role of community services/continuing education: direct service to special-needs target groups, testing ground for program and curriculum development, and contributions to the parent institution. Offers three possible scenarios for the future of this community college function. (AYC)

Questions whether observed differences in use of strategy of monitoring is related to the following cognitive styles: field independence, reflection, flexible control, and preference for processing information by the written word. Field independence was positively related to amount of monitoring on all written tasks, and reflection was weakly but…

Suggests the concept of English as a second (ESL) training in the workplace as a response to the immediate language needs of working adult immigrants. Several programs now underway on the job-site are described that were formed to meet the expressed language needs of those who do not have the time or energy to benefit from existing programs. (SL)

As increasing numbers of adults approach postsecondary education, the financial aid community must research specific issues: adult student costs, resources, aid received and aid denied, perceptions of aid offices and services, information needs, expense budgeting, aid packaging, office staffing, and publications needed. (MSE)

The principle of oral fluency instruction concerns the teacher's role, which is to monitor the spread, balance, and flow of the conversation. Techniques have to do with the constituents and mode of oral activity, material resources, and the year abroad. (SED)

A study on how degree and nondegree adult students enrolled in college courses differ from traditional college age students is discussed. Four areas of potential differences were investigated: demographics, motivation and selection of college, college plans and academic characteristics, and perception of the university. (MLW)

Describes organizational structure of Deakin University (which teaches on and off campus), compares distance education with face-to-face education, lists advantages of distance education, and predicts distance education will rise in status and expand in role due to its suitability for adult students and because of technological developments,…

Explores the concept of the late bloomer through profiles of the winners of a scholarship contest for college students over 50. Suggests that a combination of personal and community resources can make continued and new learning a satisfying experience in the later years. (JAC)

Discusses improvisation as a way for students to use and improve their language skills in real-life situations. (EKN)

Describes a community-based English-language training program using volunteer tutors, designed to meet the specific language needs of homebound learners wanting to learn English but unable to attend existing ESL classes. (EKN)

A new major at Marylhurst College for Lifelong Learning called human studies is described. It is a phenomenologically based curriculum in quality of life and intentional change. The major is individualized and problem-centered. (Author/MLW)