The number of instructors in the Evening Colleges on the three Los Rios District campuses has grown from 550 in fall 1972 to 954 in fall 1975, a 73 percent increase. Of these instructors, there has been a 137 percent increase in the hiring of part-time instructors drawn from off-campus sources. Meanwhile, the percentage of full-time day faculty…

Report I is designed to provide a statistical profile of the 32 Community Colleges participating in the study of Persistence and Performance in California's Community Colleges, using data available in the student accounting reports made annually to the Office of the Chancellor by the California Community Colleges. No attempt was made to go beyond…

A one-year followup study of the graduates of the Jackson County Adult Evening High School Completion Program was conducted. Thirty-seven mail questionnaires were sent, and followup requests were mailed to non-respondents. A total of 34 (91.89%) graduates responded. Among the conclusions reached are the following: (1) ages ranged from 18 to 51,…

This paper examines in detail the problem of evaluation as applied to adult education, and presents results of a study in which adult students evaluated the night school program in Vancouver by means of a questionnaire. The following topics are discussed: the definition of evaluation; the differences between evaluation as applied to adult…

A profile of evening or working students in Holland was established on the basis of personal and background data, motivation, and problems. This report recommends an early start for an educational institution, organized nationwide, but with local departments, that focuses especially on working students. (Author/LBH)

Notes the importance of comparing economic effectiveness of different forms of instruction in higher education in the Soviet Union. Stresses the importance of correspondence and evening courses in raising workers' competence. (Author/DB)

At night schools, one of the few real growth areas on most campuses, more and more students are asking for assistance with career decisions. (Author)

Focuses on the increased demand for day classes in continuing education programs for employees in industry and commerce, particularly clerical workers. Discusses various attitudes toward day classes and further training, and the functions of the Business Education Council and the Commercial and Clerical Training Committee--two educational agencies…

A Creativity Night Festival encourages parents, teachers, and the public to explore a variety of techniques and activities that foster creative thinking and expression. Participants rotate among 20-minute sessions which actively involve them in the creative process. Twenty-one ideas are offered as creative opportunities for the sessions. (JDD)

Two successful alumni continuing education programs at Columbia University (New York) are an annual seminar event offered in New Mexico and Italy and an on-campus evening colloquium series. The travel program sparks intellectual exchanges and allows cultivation of prospective donors. The colloquium series uses an interdisciplinary approach in…

Summarizes the attempts by the Board of Education in England to develop policy in relation to adult education and "further education" as a whole that began in 1909 and ended by World War II. Identifies the emergence of modern adult education stemming from developments in municipal evening schools and the university extension movement.…

Explores the pedagogical training of teachers for night-enrollment secondary schools. Focuses on the conception of the methodological service, permanently functioning theoretical seminars, teachers' self-education and self-development, and the practical application of the acquired knowledge, specifically the teachers' expertise related to the…

According to this author, Ohio is not without its share of race problems. When she first came to the university as a student finishing a master's degree in American culture, the university did not have an American culture program, so she needed to improvise. She did this by following the recommendation of several counselors and filling her class…

Honoring the past through knowledge of a powerful movement from the beginning of the last century has been found to contain useful, relevant, meaningful information for present-day practitioners in adult education. The compelling story of an adult education project, begun nearly 100 years ago by Cora Wilson Stewart and known as "The Moonlight…