The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) established three programming services in 1979 by vote of the member stations. One of these services, PTV-3, delivers specifically educational programming serving out-of-school youngsters, providing inschool instruction, and offering adult education. While the number of adults earning college credit through…

The purpose of the symposium reported in this document was to define the major needs of technology-based distance education and to recommend appropriate future actions. The 1-day roundtable assembled 40 of the most knowledgeable leaders in the United States and Canada on serving adults' postsecondary learning needs through telecommunication. The…