With so many changes occurring in offices every year, businesses and office workers can be helped through the offering of more seminars for office workers. Describes the objectives, major benefits, content, and implementation of professional development seminars for office workers. (EM)

The Lifelong Learning Project (established under the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) and possible approaches toward the development of effective and efficient Federal-State relationships in carrying out adult learning programs in communities are discussed along with other implications of the project. (TA)

Adult educators should be concerned with interpreting the concept of adult education to significant others. The newcomer to adult education needs to be aware of the following eight themes for a basic understanding: social and cultural climate, philosophical roots, program structure and forms, institutional bases, implementation processes, planning…

The educator planning continuing education programs for nurses should move from a unidimensional focus which examines only the internal determinants of the nursing profession to a wholistic focus embracing a community orientation. This article presents a model comprised of five elements for use in planning continuing nursing education programs.…

The performance of a needs assessment is an important step in developing adult student services. Presents evidence supporting the importance of a needs assessment and examples of needs identified in the past. Discusses a three-step approach to performing a needs assessment and drawbacks associated with the process. (EM)