Discusses the aims and outcomes of college counseling systems for both "traditional" age students and adult students. Provides profiles of the adult learner that indicate differences in goals and needs of these students. Discusses the contributions from cross-cultural counseling literature that draws parallels between these students and adult…

The provision of guidance in adult and continuing education in Ireland was examined. First, policy in Ireland regarding guidance for adults in education is discussed in the context of the proposals adopted by the European Union (EU) Commission and EU Member States pursuant to the EU Year of Lifelong Learning in 1996. Recent literature on career…