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Chillis, Jimmy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This report analyses the NHES: 2005 data to present the state of American education in reference to "adult" participation in education. Psychosocial interaction theory is applied to the social event of attaining adulthood to analyze and report the propensity of American adults to participate in non-compulsory adult education. The review…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Age, Prior Learning
Korb, Roslyn; And Others – 1991
Those who could most benefit from adult education are the least likely to participate in it, according to data from a 1991 large-scale, nationally representative field test of the educational activities of adults in the United States. The National Household Education Survey data showed that 38 percent of adults age 17 or older participated in some…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age, Educational Attainment