Shows that adult education objectives must be evaluative propositions rather than descriptive propositions; as evaluative propositions they cannot be used as "evidence" to defend the cancellation or repetition of programs. Presents a possible solution to the "is-ought-is" dichotomy as it relates to the use of evaluative…

Recent Congressional action on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act takes important steps toward equalizing postsecondary educational opportunities for adults. Provisions of the 1980 Education Amendments include more equitable treatment in financial aid programs, new emphasis on continuing education, and new studies of adult learning. (SK)

Describes a service established at an adult education college in rural England which provides individually oriented correspondence programs of home study supported by personal tutorials. The most unexpected feature of the service's development is the extent to which students from urban locations have chosen to follow individually supervised…

Describes the American lyceum movement in the nineteenth century, which embodied many principles now included in adult learning theory. The lyceum was a sort of adult learning center, mostly at the village level, which used the lecture-teaching-learning approach with community study circles to share experience and knowledge. (MF)