In their beginning, public evening schools in New York City had three goals: teach vocational skills, compensate for lack of previous education, and Americanize immigrants. The subsequent growth of several different evening school programs transformed the emphasis from teaching the culturally disadvantaged to adult education. (EC)

Article outlined a history of adult education and the change it has taken in California with a brief look at its future. (RK)

Honoring the past through knowledge of a powerful movement from the beginning of the last century has been found to contain useful, relevant, meaningful information for present-day practitioners in adult education. The compelling story of an adult education project, begun nearly 100 years ago by Cora Wilson Stewart and known as "The Moonlight…

The U.S. Office of Education has undertaken the preparation of a series of basic studies on education in a number of Central and South American countries under the sponsorship of the Interdepartmental Committee on Cultural and Scientific Cooperation. This series of studies is part of a program to promote understanding of educational conditions in…

The Office of Education has undertaken the preparation of a series of basic studies on education in a number of countries in Europe and Central and South America. This series of studies was made a part of a program to promote understanding of education conditions in those areas and also to furnish the American college registrars with data on…