Adult education can answer the Catholic Church's need for educational programs for adults, but there is the danger that it may be treated as a palliative. (Author/RK)

Hearings on one of the major veterans' programs, i.e., education and training for war veterans and certain of their dependents, are listed, and agency reports on these bills are given. In addition, a list of colleges, together with their location, undergraduate enrollment, 1971-72 fixed costs, and comments are provided. An Information Bulletin…

TARCOG (Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments) is a nonprofit corporation, one of 12 regional councils in the state, operating as a local development district and serving the needs of 5 county and 36 city governments. (NQ)

This handbook, the outcome of the Institute, gives abstracts of the major presentations by Institute contributors intended to be helpful to administrators of adult supplementary vocational-technical education programs in administering, evaluating, and improving such programs. Presentations cover the topics of: Full funding of education, needs…

"No part of Cherokee life has been more important to the Tribe, past or present, than that of a good education." Despite this attitude, it has not been easy for the Cherokee to bridge the gap between their subculture and that of the larger dominant U.S. society. Discipline and white enculturation were zealously pursued in early boarding…

The educational experience of adult immigrants to the United States between 1914-24 is discussed. Attempts of educators and Americanization agencies to reach adult immigrants are described and reasons for the failure of these attempts are given, including inadequate funding, narrowness in subject matter and methods, and insensitivity to ethnic…

Adult basic education programs in California, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia were reviewed to assess the progress made by the programs in reducing illiteracy. The programs' management was also evaluated. It was found that although some positive achievements have been made, the program successfully reaches only a small fraction of…

The purpose of the study was to compare the operation of the post-Korean conflict program of educational assistance currently being carried out by the Veterans Administration with similar programs and educational assistance that the Veterans Administration made available to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict. The highlights of the…

Nonformal education in the SEAMEO (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization) Region was studied to gather information on significant ongoing programs/projects in nonformal education and to identify problems as well as potentials of the broad spectrum of nonformal education activites in the region (SEAMEO countries are Indonesia, Khmer…