THE COMPETING INTERESTS OF INFORMAL ADULT EDUCATION AND THOSE OF FORMAL SCHOOLING HAVE INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK (N.E.T.), AS HAS ALSO THE STRUGGLE OVER THE PROPER ROLE OF N.E.T. IN THE TOTAL EDUCATIONAL TV FIELD -- WHETHER IT WAS TO BE A NATIONAL PROGRAM LIBRARY FOR LOCAL STATIONS, A REGULAR PROGRAM…

Rutgers College began offering extension work in 1891 in agriculture, history, the arts, and scientific subjects. The Industrial Extension Division, established in 1925 and renamed the University Extension Division in 1927, was conducting college credit courses within a year of its founding; and, in 1934, University College was established as a…

The document presents a discussion of continuing education in Pennsylvania in relation to the state of the art nationwide. At the national level, adult education participants (15,734,000) was double the number of college students during 1971-72. Continuing education is defined for Pennsylvania as "a course/activity which is considered to be…

The report on adult and continuing education is one of a series presenting data and recommendations relevant to developing plans for the future of Montana post-secondary education. The introduction briefly describes the approach used by the group carrying out the study. It is followed by a review and summarization of the data collected. Sources…

The adult school counselor's function is to facilitate interaction between the educational needs of the counseled, his circumstances as he sees them, his goals, and the means to reach them. He must provide sufficient information to the counseled to facilitate his making realistic choices. The Handbook for Community Adult School Counselors,…

The primary purpose of this book is to serve as an overview for teacher aide training. It is an attempt to gather and relate introductory information necessary for the orientation and education of auxiliary personnel in education. Some of the areas given primary consideration are: (1) human growth and development, (2) history of education, (3)…

Describes Massachusetts' Employment and Training Choices Program that seeks to move people from welfare dependency to economic self-sufficiency. Program components are career assessment and planning, training and job placement, educational services, and support services. (JOW)

The purpose of this study was to report the use of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory in investigating its effectiveness as a guide to counselors and faculty in dealing with adult learners. Describes the learning styles of adults in nontraditional occupational education programs. (JOW)

Time competency, inner-directedness, value existentiality, self-acceptance, ability to relate to others, and acceptance of nature can be learned in adult leisure education if the goal is self-actualization. (Author/AJ)

Describes the establishment of adult education programs on "moonlit nights" by Cora Wilson Stewart, Superintendent of Rowan County Schools in Kentucky (1904-1912). Over 1,200 adults signed up the first year to take such courses as vocal music, reading, writing, spelling, arithmetic, and drills. From this activity the Illiteracy…

Basically a report on an inservice training program designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the adult basic education program in Chicago, the report also details the problem of over-lapping jurisdiction of social agencies and the results of inservice meetings. Following the article is a nine-page explanation of a revised inservice…

Explores 5 key areas of import and controversy regarding the emerging male-female sex role changes and their impact on various elements of American society. (Author/GB)

A reference to Syracuse University's Continuing Education Programs summoned a lively interest in mini-courses, seminars, and workshops. Responses attest to the need for publicity on all continuing education programs. (DS)

Colleges and universities are discovering a boom in part-time, nontraditional, off-campus adult education. (PG)