Comparison of grade point averages of adult students, who attended a course weekly--evenings and weekends--(n=60) with those (n=57) who attended daily showed that nontraditional scheduling did not hinder adult students' academic performance. (SK)

Discusses the results of a survey in which participants at evening campfire programs on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina were asked to rate their degree of interest in different types and topics of interpretive programs, and to rate different reasons for attending programs. (LZ)

The Technical Instruction Committees in South Wales were the first attempt to organize a systematic program of technical education. Each regional committee inherited a haphazard system of evening classes sponsored by mechanics' institutes and the Department of Science and Art. (Author/SK)

Surveys and interviews of 50 entering master of business administration (MBA) students, 10 MBA graduates, and 10 employers showed that graduates perceived their business skills and knowledge as significantly stronger than students did. Employers felt that graduates possessed needed skills but thought the program needed less textbook emphasis and…

As more and more teachers leave the classroom, states are looking to actively recruit the returning adult learner into the teaching profession. This study examines an innovative teacher certification program in South Carolina whose goal is to do just that. Issues such as planning and scheduling are presented that offer insight into the design and…

Advantages and disadvantages of staffing evening college and extension programs with regular faculty and faculty employed outside the institution are discussed. The author concludes that use of "outside" faculty is usually necessary but that it should be carefully controlled, and that use of "inside" faculty provides a greater service to the…

Vermilion Regional College in Alberta has polished its educational offerings to afford a wide variety of post secondary programs, adult day and evening classes as well as high school academics. (Author)

The closing of a college is the topic of the third in a series of four transcripts of radio programs on college today. The dialogue includes: a press conference at Lone Mountain College, with a discussion of financial problems by the president and comments by Lone Mountain's student body president, college vice president, art department chairman,…

In the late 1950's and early 1960's an ongoing program in liberal arts was introduced using the study - discussion method, popularly known as Living Room Learning. The purposes of the groups were to draw basic information from specially prepared reading and audio-visual materials and to stimulate participants to think better for themselves through…

Describes an evening chemistry course designed to teach noncriminology personnel in the law enforcement field the function of a crime laboratory and the application of scientific analysis to law enforcement problems. (MLH)

Presents recommendations for future changes in secondary-level evening and correspondence schools to accommodate needs of working students, adults, and rural people. (ND)

This booklet summarizes facts and statistics on community colleges in California. It describes the mission, enrollment, student costs, programs, services, degrees awarded and supporting revenue. Information is included on individual colleges and districts, student profiles, training opportunties, and a list of the top programs offered in the…

This bulletin contains the statistics of private commercial and business schools for 1928-29. There is a noticeably constant fluctuation in the list of private commercial and business schools. Out of a list of approximately 1,850 private commercial schools of which the Office of Education had record during the period from June, 1925, to June,…

This manuscript was written by Grayson N. Kefauver, a part-time specialist, and Victor H. Noll and C. Elwood Drake, full-time specialists engaged on the National Survey of Secondary Education. It deals with pupils who attended the part-time continuation school's four or more hours a week and also with those who attended evening high schools. It…

Suggests combination of the summer session, correspondence study, and an empirical rather than historical attitude by the university toward campus residence requirements, to serve as a new channel for degree-seeking persons. (MF)