The Open University Younger Student Pilot Scheme, a five-year research project is discussed. Project objectives included: testing the suitability of students in the 18 to 20 year age group, developing predictive indices of success and failure, and assessing the level and nature of the demand for places. (Author/MLW)

This literature review examines the utilization of community needs assessment data in program planning and evaluation efforts at community colleges. The review first defines and looks at the purposes of community needs assessments, noting that while such studies are purported to facilitate the planning and evaluation of credit and non-credit…

This report analyzes enrollment figures at the Sunnyvale Center, one of the De Anza College Extended Campus satellite sites, from fall 1977 to spring 1978 in order to establish a course charting model that allows for historical consistency in examining course, instructor, and site success. In addition, the report reviews the operation and growth…

This guide explains how outreach workers of adult, further, and higher education institutions across the United Kingdom can make their outreach activities more effective at widening participation. The following topics are discussed: (1) the need to encourage all groups to participate in learning; (2) the role of outreach in attracting new and…

A follow-up to the 1983 review of the Allied Health Program in the State University System (SUS) of Florida is presented. The review consisted of site visits and interviews on the campuses and consultant reviews of the clinical sites. Three sections are as follows: (1) national and statewide concerns (e.g., over 90% of the SUS allied health…