To find why adults do or do not attend extension programs, the author surveyed a sample of families in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of Indiana to determine their perceived educational needs, program priorities, and delivery preferences in the major areas of home economics. Survey results and their implications are discussed. (MF)

Examines the effectiveness of the Adkins Life Skills Employabilities Series, a curriculum designed to help disadvantaged adults choose, find, get, and keep a job. Subjects were 350 New Jersey Learning Center students. Overall, evidence suggests program participants increased employability skills. (Author/CSS)

A study to determine size and characteristics of Ohioans eligible for adult basic education (ABE), program awareness/interest, and conducive attendance conditions. Telephone interviews with 1,536 persons over 16 but with less than 12 years of schooling revealed that: persons eligible/interested in ABE were demographically distinct, and 60 percent…

Important issues addressed regarding the education of workers include the type of worker groups to be educated; their different educational needs (for work or leisure); the corporations, unions, and public institutions involved in education and their purposes; and the types of programs offered. (JMD)

Describes and discusses the development of the Chautauqua movement in the late nineteenth century, its success, and its impact on American education and culture. Started to improve Methodist Sunday School teaching, the movement grew to educational facilities for liberal educational programs, combined with recreational experience. (MF)

Describes the comprehensive system of adult education in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Deals with the subsystems of enterprise education and out-of-school education and with the present developmental trends of adult education in the country. (LAS)

Examining the critical change (also referred to as re-socialization) in adults which can be stimulated by appropriate education programs, the author discusses differing rationales of adult education programs for value and attitudinal change in New Zealand.

An argument is made for increasing community-based art education programs for adults. Identification of this need emerged from information gathered in a 24-month field research project designed to examine how the attitudes of persons supporting the arts might influence local school policies on arts education. (KO)

Describes a joint literacy program between Drexel University in Philadelphia and the Center for Literacy which is based on three nonintrusive instructional procedures: the language-experience approach, individualized reading, and expressive writing. Presents case studies of three adult learners. Evaluates the program's effectiveness. (SR)

Drug courts have been recognized and empirically supported as an effective means of reducing recidivism and use of substances for both juveniles and adults. The paper reports the results of an outcome evaluation of a juvenile drug court in the Upper Cumberland area of Middle Tennessee. As with previous studies, the program showed impressive…

The appearance of the adult learner in the milieu of higher education on such an unprecedented scale necessitates that educational administrators develop strategies that enhance the success of these students. In more than a few instances, this will entail a shifting of accepted paradigms and assumptions when it comes to the administration and…

The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…

This resource packet, which was developed for use at a training workshop for Florida vocational, adult, and community educators, contains information and materials designed to assist educators in marketing their programs at the "grassroots" level. Presented in the first three sections are differences between public relations (PR) and…

During 1996, a total of 806 New Jersey single parents and displaced homemakers participated in 21 programs that were funded with Perkins Act set-aside funds and designed to provide participants with the educational services and occupational training needed to obtain high-wage, high-skill and nontraditional occupational education training. The…

A study was conducted to determine the effects of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) approved training on the income and job satisfaction of its graduates. It was designed to determine whether participants in approved training programs did go on to careers that were monetarily and psychologically more rewarding. A group of 28 persons (14 males…