Discusses the concept of quality of life as it relates to aging and as it is addressed in research studies. Describes counseling intervention strategies that are designed to help middle-aged older adults manage their lives. Focuses specifically on prevention, self-management and education, and life enrichment and renewal strategies. (ML)

Describes members of a citizen group as aggressive and dynamic adult learners addressing complex problems. Assistance that adult education agencies might provide similar groups and criteria for determining whether to do so are explored. Contrasts the tradition of serving individual needs with benefits of helping citizens address community…

The characteristics and educational needs of adult students, who now outnumber traditional college-age students, are described. Nontraditional baccalaureate degree programs, such as external degree programs, designed to accommodate adult needs, are discussed. Developments within the military and within academic institutions to promote programs for…

Subject anxiety is a special case of general anxiety that is encountered by the adult learner in many traditional and nontraditional educational programs. The number of adult learners who require special treatment in order to avoid failure or course avoidance is significant. (Author/SSH)

The author considers the British tradition of amateur orchestras and their institutionalization within adult education. Participation motives are discussed, and schools are urged to strike a balance between learning and performance, through performance and rehearsal arrangements, to fulfill the needs of persons who see themselves as musicians…

The purpose of this paper was to examine teachers' beliefs and enactments in fostering independent functioning in English in an adult English as a Second Language program (Trailer Park ESL). The students who participated in the Trailer Park ESL program were native speakers of Spanish from Mexico, worked construction jobs in north Florida, spoke…

Organizational pre-retirement planning increases stress in middle-aged employees, but programs in pre-retirement education initiated by community colleges in cooperation with local companies can be very successful. (MS)

The author answers the question where does adult education fit into the social and economic ferment rampaging convulsively throughout the north?'' (MS)

After briefly describing the state of adult basic education in the southeast prior to 1969, the author focuses on a three-year plan for building teacher-training resources throughout the region formulated by state directors of adult education in the Southeast in late 1969. (Author/JM)

Discussed recommendations made by the AACJC on Higher Adult Education. (RK)

This issue is devoted to the practical problems which confront veterans reentering society. Articles included deal with such topics as college admission, readjustment to school or college, vocational rehabilitation, experiences of a woman veteran, and the counseling of veterans. (JC)

Among reforms sweeping higher education is the demand that formal educational opportunity be opened to adults. The result has been expansion of traditional programs and a plethora of new programs aimed at the adult student. (Author)

Describes the formation, methodology, content, and evaluation of the Institute for Adult Education Processes and Procedures Applied to Program Planning. (GB)

Offers the New Jersey State Adult Basic Education Program as a model for other states. Article gives a thorough outline of the New Jersey program. (GB)