The present work is an approach to study the "Cuban model" for educating the elderly, and its aim is to describe the main features of the experience developed by this country. The University of the Third Age is more than three decades old in Latin America, but none of the countries in the region can show a state educational policy…

India's National Adult Education Program ( NAEP), which focuses on the needs of illiterate adults in the 15-35 age group, is described with particular attention given to the importance of improving occupational skills and raising the level of awareness regarding the predicament of the poor and illiterate. (LBH)

Discusses the concept of continuing education in relationship to the problems of Third World countries and the situation in Zambia in particular and outlines existing continuing education efforts there with focus on past and future role of the Center for Continuing Education of the University of Zambia. (JT)

A music professor reports his experiences teaching in Elderhostel, a nationwide program in which colleges and universities offer on-campus summer learning sessions to senior citizens. (SJL)

Citing wrong priorities and methods and lack of conviction as reasons for illiteracy in India increasing by about 15 per cent in the first 24 years of independence, the author calls for emphasis on primary and adult education, some of it informal, as in the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment. (JT)

Elderhostel is a national network of one-week college-level courses offered in summer on the campuses of universities, colleges, and junior colleges. It is designed primarily for persons over 60 and their spouses. Begun as an experimental effort by five New Hampshire colleges in the summer of 1975, it has been operating in Iowa since 1977. Iowa…

A study examined the amount of public and private resources currently being used to support the Corporation for National and Community Services' AmeriCorps*USA program. Information was collected through meetings with corporation officials; examination of legislation establishing the Corporation and national service programs; review of corporation…

Britain's three-year literacy effort has brought together the federal government, a national broadcasting network, and the voluntary sector in a program that pioneered new methods of teaching basic literacy. Volunteer tutors are used in an educational television venture sponsored by the BBC and the newly-created Adult Literacy Resource Agency.…

Discusses the report of the Open University Committee which proposes the promotion of the open university learning experiment throughout the country, with attention focused on adapting distant education for adults (correspondence courses, radio and television instruction) to university level studies. (TA)

An eight-point policy statement on adult education in India is presented, followed by an outline of operational details for putting it into effect. Focus is on combatting illiteracy by providing those citizens with skills for self-directed learning. (LBH)

This report represents elements of 105 replies received from UNESCO Member States to the International Bureau of Education (IBE) questionnaire. The report does not always reproduce the complete answers given, and the extracts presented are usually presented in the language used in the relevant answer. The report begins with a list of member…

This paper analyzes the 105 replies received from UNESCO Member States to the International Bureau of Education (IBE) questionnaire. All the data appearing in the paper, including the statistics, were drawn exclusively from the replies of the member countries. The one- or two-paragraph responses in the paper to the 71-item questionnaire are…

Seven sample age subgroups were selected from official score reports from the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) to determine age cohort performance on the CLEP English Composition examination. The 154 CLEP English Composition score reports received by the Community College of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) between July 1983 and June 1985…

Reviews distance education in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and discusses its impact on the country. Programs highlighted include the College of External Studies, the correspondence school of the National Department of Education; the University of Papua New Guinea; programs offered by corporations and government departments; and courses from outside PNG.…