Discusses the results of a survey of the accredited library schools of Canada regarding the schools' administrative and organizational approaches to providing continuing education programs for librarians. (CHC)

Elderhostel is a summer series for older Americans featuring the freedom and informality of the European folk school with the life-style of the youth hostel. Hostelers take up to three noncredit courses a week, taught by regular faculty from the college campus. Expected growth will make the program self-sufficient. (MLW)

Survey responses from 24 colleges and universities indicated that most expect to produce more continuing management-education contact hours in 1980-81 than they did in 1975-76. There is a growing demand for continuing management education, and the clients want a different teaching methodology and a higher return on their management-development…

Although most colleges appear to offer English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses as no-credit, remedial courses, such classes are not really remedial in nature. Offering credit for ESL classes could increase student motivation and would not devalue or lower academic standards. (CB)

Describes Rochester Institute of Technology's College Restoration Program for students who have been suspended or placed on academic probation, focusing on the recently added math component. Covers the individualized noncredit math course from placement through evaluation. Analyzes outcomes, revealing an increase in student grade point averages.…

The University of Hartford's International Summer Business Program provided French college students with perspectives on U.S. business and culture, improved English fluency, and real-world experience. The intensive one-month program led to significant improvements in business vocabulary and comprehension of business concepts. (SK)

This report summarizes the response of the State University of New York (SUNY) constituent institutions to the biannual survey of non-credit instructional activities for the period: July 1, 1994 through December 31, 1994. It provides statistical data and tables that summarize overall registrations and non-credit instructional activities and…

Demographic profile data and data on barriers to teaching were collected and examined for part-time teachers in noncredit adult and continuing education programs in Nebraska. The data collection instrument was a mailed questionnaire administered statewide to a random sample of teachers, of whom 209 responded. Part-time teachers in noncredit…

Cleveland State University has developed a program to enroll Ohio residents, 60 years and older, on a nontuition and noncredit basis. Volunteers from the Project 60 Program assist in the administrative and program planning, and act as peer advisors during group advising sessions and at registration. A Project 60 student initiated a group called…

The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges reports annually to the Board of Governors on the number and types of new community college programs and courses approved during the preceding academic year. This state-level approval is based on the following criteria: appropriateness to the system's mission, need for the program or course,…

A study was conducted to assess the educational needs of older adults residing in McCook Community College's service area. A questionnaire focusing on respondents' interest in courses on financial management skills, employment needs, health and health care, social interaction, and self-esteem was administered to 150 older adults. The sample…

A study was conducted by the Community Services Department at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) to evaluate participant satisfaction and suggestions for future direction for the department's comprehensive program of non-credit courses. A questionnaire was administered in class to 307 participants between April 1, and June 1, 1987, focusing on…

This report, based on a mailed survey of member institutions of the National University Continuing Education Association during 1986-87, includes data from 73 responding institutions of higher education. The report is organized in five parts. The first part outlines total program scope, including enrollment and staff growth, special fees, and…

A profile is presented of the students enrolled during the fall 1981 semester at Montgomery College (MC). First, introductory material highlights changes occurring over the last 10 years, including a decrease in average student credit hours, an increase in the average age of college students, and an increase in the proportion of female students.…

A 12-ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNING NON-DEGREE-CREDIT COURSES WAS SENT TO EACH OF THE 34 PUBLIC 2-YEAR COLLEGES IN NEW YORK. OF THE 26 RESPONDENTS, 20 OR MORE INDICATED THAT THEY (1) OFFERED REMEDIAL COURSES DESIGNED AS PREPARATION FOR ENROLLMENT IN CERTAIN DEGREE CREDIT COURSES, (2) DID NOT OFFER NONCREDIT ENRICHMENT COURSES FOR SUPERIOR HIGH…