Community colleges in the California Coast Community College district have capitalized on a burgeoning adult education clientele and the public television boom to acquire one of the fasting growing and most venturesome education systems in the world. (Author/LBH)

Examines those characteristics of the community college that enable it to successfully compete in an educational environment marked by declining enrollments in traditional college programs and increasing demands for local, part-time, continuing education opportunities. Provides recommendations for the further development of lifelong learning…

The adult learner is the new majority in higher education, yet teaching him is still a cottage industry. Little student aid is available, innovative approaches are challenged by states, and federal policy is laggard. A list of priorities that need attention is offered. (Author/LBH)

A study investigated the impact of a negative income tax and a program of schooling subsidies on the demand for schooling of adult heads of families. Strong effects of the schooling subsidies were found, but net effects of the negative income tax on schooling were not significant. (LRA)

States that the Adult Education Association of the USA (AEA/USA) is the appropriate central organizing institutional structure to provide for the development of adult and continuing education and describes a proposed AEA/USA learning center to facilitate research and arrange information referral in the field of adult and continuing education. (MF)

Survey responses from 24 colleges and universities indicated that most expect to produce more continuing management-education contact hours in 1980-81 than they did in 1975-76. There is a growing demand for continuing management education, and the clients want a different teaching methodology and a higher return on their management-development…

Reviews the limited research on the nature of refugees' educational demand and opportunities in various countries, international and local resources for refugee education, the politics of international aid, the influence of expectations for resettlement versus repatriation, and training of teachers and other refugee community workers. Contains 79…

Discusses the factors contributing to the growing demand for lifelong learning and examines the disproportionately low participation rate of minority students in the lifelong learning process. Considers the need to create, from the elementary level onward, self-directed students who are aware of their educational options. (DMM)

Information of personal preferences is needed to tailor existing postsecondary programs to the needs of older learners. A personal preference survey was conducted to explore adult preferences for postsecondary learning, factors which facilitate or impede enrollment, and the use of local educational opportunities. Subjects (N=254) were 25 years of…

Credit course registration characteristics for the extension classes program, Continuing Education and Extension, University of Minnesota, are presented and provide a basis for future program planning and evaluation. Based on 1974-75 data, the report focuses on the Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester locations. The text discusses: courses,…

The origins of the concept of recurrent education and the claims presently made for it are analyzed, with recurrent education policies in six OECD countries described. Suggestions for clarification of the concept and for cost analysis are offered. (Editor/LBH)

Data show that the genuine progress in securing educational equality in elementary, secondary, and higher education has not been paralleled in adult education. There is a downward trend in adult black enrollment percentages but an upward trend in population percentages. (LBH)

This bulletin is a guide for adults who are considering pursuing higher education. It lists some common reasons adults pursue additional education. College options are then explored. This section discusses the degrees and/or certificates offered, benefits, and program offerings of community, junior, and technical colleges; liberal arts colleges;…

Argues that contemporary interest in lifelong learning can be seen as a mechanism of social control. Compares strategies for the promotion of lifelong learning designed for those in "included social categories" with the policies designed for those in marginal and excluded positions. Concludes by citing positive learner experience in each case.…

This document comprises an assessment of the educational needs of newly legalized aliens in California that must be met using State Legalization Impact Assistance Grants (SLIAGs) provided under the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. Close to 1.5 million of the 1.7 million eligible legalized aliens are adults with very limited…