Purpose is to provide some ideas to adult basic education teachers, learning center coordinators, supervisors, and administrators; to emphasize the importance of guidance and counseling programs in existence for the underprivileged, underestimated rural adults; to reiterate the responsibilities of adult basic education personnel. (Author/DR)

A European conference studied the implications from the learner's point of view for adult education and training guidance in an expanded Europe. The two main questions addressed were: How can adult learners make informed choices about education and training in the changing economic and demographic context? and How can the requirements of adult…

Eight goals are presented that are intended to provide a framework for the development of adult learning in New York in the next two decades and that are targeted for implementation by the year 2000. Each goal is preceded by background information that also spells out the intent of the goal. Goal 1 formulates the public interest in the various…

These proceedings of a workshop designed to test a model for a seminar to train adult educators and to discuss the characteristics of adult education in Nordic countries (with special attention to underprivileged groups) consist of a general report and syntheses of two group sessions. Discussed in the general report are the background and…