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Schaefer, Jane L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Several national trends are converging to impact adult education today. First, the increasing presence of adults in higher education is accentuated by the expansive Baby Boom generation who are demanding greater access to the higher education system in the United States. Second, regarding workforce and economic development in the 21st century,…
Descriptors: Careers, Adult Development, Credentials, Economic Development
Fernau, C. – Labour Education, 1984
Discusses various aspects of workers' education: its relation to adult education, its social purpose, who carries it out, its intended audience, its participants, and its orientation. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Economic Development, Educational Needs
Gold, Gerard G. – 1985
The Adult Learner Project was a two-phase program in which a total of 10 community-level projects received funding to develop collaborative agendas that would meet the learning needs of adults in their respective communities. During the second phase of the project, the following community-level collaborative councils were also given $20,000 each:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Community Coordination, Community Organizations