From 1923-60, there was considerable transformation in the content, goal, and method of instruction of traditional adult education in Nigeria. The development of literacy programs, fundamental education, evening classes and continued education, and liberal education and university extension courses are traced. The influences of the British…

Discusses a continuing education program designed for employed scientists and engineers by the Applied Physics Laboratory Evening College Center of the Johns Hopkins University. Included are questionnaire results obtained from students and nine-year statistics for program growth. (CC)

Success in the specialized form of teaching reading to adults is conditional upon teachers understanding the relationship between language and the physical world. A lot can be learned from the Direct Method techniques used by those who teach foreign languages. Suitable reading materials are at last becoming available for beginners. (Author/AJ)

Articles are entitled "Continuing Education in Developed Soviet Society,""Problems of Continuing Education under Modern Conditions of Social Progress and the Scientific-Technological Revolution,""Preparing Pupils for Continuing Education," and "The Evening School in the System of Continuing Education." (CK)

The Young Adult Education Program in Arlington Heights (Illinois) offers high school credit classes in the evening to serve at-risk students who have left the regular day school. Students earn a diploma from the high school in their attendance area. On a bare-bones budget, the program graduates approximately 65 percent of its enrolled students.…

The Washington Secondary Credit Exchange Program allows grade 7-12 migrant students to complete work toward graduation and/or to enhance basic skills during late afternoon or evening classes as they follow the crops from state to state with their families. A Spring Model allows students entering late in the year to complete courses already begun…

This document examines the 1976 High School Summer Programs and one evening program of the Atlanta Public Schools. This evaluation reports on the following variables: (1) school and faculty selection, (2) teacher certification, (3) enrollment and attendance, (4) pass-fail ratio of students, (5) cost data, and (6) questionnaire data from…

In view of women's misconceptions about their bodies, their sexuality, their mental health, and the health care system, this three-credit evening community college course on women's health needs and concerns was designed. Course objectives include recording and analyzing the effects of nutrition, sleep, exercise, and stress on various body…

A random sample of 302 (78 percent return rate) summer school students at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), were surveyed regarding their characteristics and perceptions of summer school. The mean age of the students was 25.8 years; 66 percent were single, 28 percent married, and 5 percent divorced or separated. Only 6 percent of…

EMPHASIS ON THE TRANSFER CURRICULA AT NASSAU COLLEGE NECESSITATES A POLICY OF SELECTIVE ADMISSION BASED ON PREDICTION OF PROBABLE ACADEMIC SUCCESS. FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE COLLEGE PERMITTED STUDENTS WHO WERE INITIALLY INADMISSABLE FOR FULL-TIME STATUS TO TRANSFER FROM A PART-TIME, PROBATIONARY STATUS AFTER COMPLETION OF THREE EVENING COURSES WITH A…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE--(1) TO PROVIDE CLINICAL AND GUIDANCE SERVICES IN 137 EVENING CENTERS IN SELECTED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF NEW YORK CITY, AND (2) TO HOLD A COMPLEMENTARY TEACHER-TRAINING PROGRAM IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL-SOCIAL STABILITY OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THESE AREAS. EXPERIENCED…

THE BROAD STRUCTURE OF STUDIES IN THE USE OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOR MEETING THE GROWING NEEDS OF JUNIOR COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF OREGON WAS DESCRIBED. THE TELEVISION COURSE OUTLINE WAS DESCRIBED AND REASONS GIVEN FOR STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN THE COLLEGE OF THE AIR PROGRAM. AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAM OF HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH INSTRUCTIONAL…

The role of evening colleges in an era of cultural change, major trends and needs in business education at the university level, teacher education, engineering education, the relationship of the Association of University Evening Colleges (AUEC) to the academic community and the wider society, were topics of addresses at the 1967 AUEC convention.…

Three phases have been identified in the life of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA); a search for relevance and purpose (1951-55); a period of involvement, innovation, and influence (1956-61); and an operational period of diversification, staff consolidation, and shrinking budgets (1962-68). CSLEA has produced…

Because of the very early closure of certain courses, a questionnaire was developed and administered to all evening college students registering during a pre-determined period in order to identify enrollment patterns. Another questionnaire was administered following the first census week to students in a 10 percent randomly selected sample of…