In order to eliminate or reduce the problems that detract from the quality and status of the off-campus program and of those individuals who administer or teach in it, three major features of a plan for developing extension programs using the concept of regional service areas are presented. (MS)

United States programs represented at the January, 1975 Multinational Workshop on Adult Education (Washington, D. C.) included: regional university adult education center (Appalachia); low-income nutrition (Georgia); community college sponsored learning center (Kankakee, Illinois); State GED program (Alabama); regional occupational centers (Los…