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Oski, Katharine – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1980
The problems and needs of adults returning for higher education are discussed. It is important for learning institutions and nontraditional programs to investigate the types and the scope of these problems and needs and the availability of support the student will receive from others to help overcome the problems. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1982
Selected college and university programs established to assist adults in continuing their education, earning their degrees, and learning about whatever interests them are described, and an essay on lifelong learning is presented. In "Curriculum Development for Lifelong Learning," Charles S. Claxton describes how life cycle research,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy
Download full textAlliance, an Association for Alternative Degree Programs. – 1992
This report of a workshop on various aspects of adult learning and education contains the following papers: "Take This Job And Shape It: Using Journal Writing to Enrich Your Professional Life" (David Shallenberger, Phyllis Walden); "Assessing Math Skills of Adult Learners" (Betty Hurley Lawrence); "Using Visual Arts for Cultural Analysis: Adult…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Adult Higher Education Alliance. – 2001
These proceedings included the following papers: "The Language of Interdisciplinary Programs or 'What Do You Mean By That?'" (Ezzell, Turner); "When Mothers Become Students: Impact on Children and the Family System" (Burns, Gabrick); "Multi-Discipline Theorizing Meets the Blackboard: The Evolving Discourse Community"…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
