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Dainton, Sheila – Adults Learning, 2009
The author's father left school aged 13 at the start of the Great Depression. When he finally found work the wealth of educational opportunity he encountered inspired him with a lifelong love of learning. He signed up for evening classes and loved anything and everything to do with what he proudly called self-improvement. As a novice to retirement…
Descriptors: Evening Programs, Lifelong Learning, Educational Opportunities, Public Policy

Peace, Brian W. – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1988
Traces the history of Evening Colleges in New South Wales back to the Night Schools of 1864. Describes the nature and scope of the present-day colleges and the impact of community-based management on their development and ability to respond to the learning needs of the communities they serve. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Evening Programs, Foreign Countries

Martin, Carolyn – Adult Learning, 1998
Friends University in Kansas turned its program around by offering more programs during the evening. Success of the adult programming is attributed to business-industry support, pioneering attitudes of faculty and administrators, and adult-learner population needing flexible scheduling. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Change, Evening Programs, Higher Education

Rouse, John – College English, 1985
Presents conversations and writing from a basic writing night course indicating students' improvement through peer interaction and the infusion of grammar on an as needed basis. (HTH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Course Content, Evening Programs
Vladislavlev, A. P.; And Others – Soviet Education, 1979
Articles are entitled "Continuing Education in Developed Soviet Society,""Problems of Continuing Education under Modern Conditions of Social Progress and the Scientific-Technological Revolution,""Preparing Pupils for Continuing Education," and "The Evening School in the System of Continuing Education." (CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Problems
Charters, Alexander N., Comp. – 1980
This is the sixth of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, College Programs
Charters, Alexander N., Comp. – 1980
This is the second of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Programs, Colleges
Charters, Alexander N., Comp. – 1980
This is the first of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice ln the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Charters, Alexander N., Comp. – 1980
This is the seventh of eight volumes consisting of series of publications of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), such as Notes and Essays, Research Reports, Occasional Papers, and Conference Reports. These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit liberal education offered by colleges and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Educators