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Download full textStacey, Nevzer G., Ed. – 1999
These workshop papers address the challenges of alternative credentials, new modes of instruction, and multiple sources of instruction. Following an introduction by Nevzer G. Stacey, "Competence without Credentials: Promise and Potential Problems of Computer-Based Distance Education" (Stephen R. Barley) provides a conceptual framework for the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
DeYoung, Alan J., Ed. – 1991
This collection of essays on rural education in the United States aims to fill a gap in the educational literature by highlighting the available research on rural schools and their contexts. The three sections of the book focus on the historical, social, political, and economic contexts of rural education; topics of practical interest for rural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Action, Cultural Context, Disadvantaged
Ciavarella, Michael A., Ed. – 1981
This compendium of seven essays attempts to illustrate and/or demonstrate that community linkages are possible and community resources must be utilized in adult education. It begins with an introduction to the theme of the essays and the essays themselves. The first essay describes a unique linkage model that integrates adult basic education (ABE)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Advocacy
2001
This document contains three papers on organizational values. "Understanding the Work Beliefs of Nonprofit Executives through Organizational Stories" (Ava S. Wilensky, Carol D. Hansen) reports on a study during which qualitative interviews featuring a story component established that nonprofit executives constitute a diffuse managerial…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis
Baldacchino, Godfrey, Ed.; Farrugia, Charles J., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers presents the critical reflections on the management and planning of education of 18 senior officials working in 12 small island nations. The papers are a result of their participation in the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Planning and Management in Small States program at the University of Malta. The book is divided…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Education, Educational Administration, Educational Environment
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1979
Essays on the growing population of adult students are collected. In a preface, E.T. Godbey highlights some characteristics of this population and the need for institutional changes to accommodate them. In one chapter Martha P. Weatherford describes recent changes in the overall student profile and reasons for the age changes. In a second chapter…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services
Shulman, Carol Herrnstadt, Ed. – 1984
The 31 papers in this yearbook are organized in five sections: I. Changes in the Labor Force, which includes: "Labor Market Needs to the Year 2000" (Morgan V. Lewis) and "Occupational Adaptability and Transferable Skills: Preparing Today's Adults for Tomorrow's Careers" (Frank C. Pratzner and William L. Ashley); II. Educating Adult Students, which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Style
