Every adult learning center is continually changing, reflecting demographic changes in their community and state and federal mandates. OutFront--Leavenworth's only adult learning center--is not just changing: it is closing. In this article, the author examines the impact of the closure of the adult learning center in Leavenworth, Kansas. The…

University adult education programs (n=83) surveyed by telephone indicated the following: 17% phased out the program; students are 12% full time, 88% part time; most offer required/elective courses in adult learning and development theory; only 43 knew of the Standards for Graduate Programs in Adult Education; and only 32 of those used the…

The impact of the abolition of the Inner London Educational Authority (ILEA) on adult education in London (England) was explored. Specifically, the impact of abolition, that might support the concept and practice of active citizenship, was studied on three areas of adult education: environmental education, antiracist work, and work with voluntary…