THIS COMPILATION OF ABSTRACTS OF ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, NEVADA, UTAH, IDAHO, WYOMING, AND COLORADO COVERS COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ADULT EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT PROGRAMS (MAINLY SECONDARY AND ADULT BASIC EDUCATION), VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING (INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL INSERVICE TRAINING), ADULT LEARNING AND CREATIVITY AND APPROPRIATE TESTING, MIGRANT ADULT EDUCATION, CIVIL DEFENSE EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL METHODS AND MEDIA, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, SOCIOECONOMIC INFLUENCES, THE NEED FOR RESEARCH PERSONNEL, AND THE NEEDS, INTERESTS, AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS CLIENTELE GROUPS (RURAL DWELLERS, VETERANS, THE AGED, AND WELFARE RECIPIENTS). CRITERIA FOR JUDGING THE SIGNIFICANCE AND SUITABILITY OF THESE STUDIES INCLUDED (1) STUDIES COMPLETED SINCE 1945, (2) SPECIFIC STUDIES CARRIED ON IN EACH STATE AND DISTINCLY PERTAINING TO THAT STATE, AND (3) STUDIES DONE IN A GIVEN STATE, INVOLVING PEOPLE OF PROJECTS OUTSIDE THE STATE WHERE THE FINDINGS WOULD APPLY TO THE ENTIRE FILED OF ADULT EDUCATION. EACH ABSTRACT CONTAINS THE PURPOSES, METHODS USED, AND A SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS. (LY)