Report on the Texas Agricultural Extension Service's educational program for catfish farmers. (SP)

Article details the ramifications resulting from the Australian National University's decision to extend its interest in non-degree courses for adults. (Author/LF)

The author questions how a community measures its quality-of-life. The author's emphasis is on people and the communities goals in terms of people. Extension education must confirm dealing with people problems rather than community problems. (MS)

William Lawson Grant, a Canadian, was a life time advocate of learning opportunities for all adults, particularly in the fields of liberal education and citizenship training. Founder and first President of the WEA of Ontario; played leading roll in establishment of the Canadian Association for Adult Education. (RB)

Executive Orders 10800 (1959) and 11315 (1966) on employee career development were followed in 1967 by Presidential Task Force recommendations calling for liberalized opportunities for Federal employee education and for new types of academic programs. Seventeen references. (LY)

Discusses issues in the quality assessment of extension programs, including clarifying extension's mission, defining "university level," strengthening institutional links, maintaining instructional quality, and dealing with unprepared students. (SK)

Although administrators persist in preserving separate categories for "vocational" and "non-vocational" education, the dichotomy is increasingly being seen as irrelevant. The authors show how liberal education can play an important part even in specific training programs. (Author)

Extension is in a position to help the elderly create new roles and options for their lives and develop their potential as resources for society. (Author/SK)

Describes an extension program to educate adults about the many facets of funeral services. Symposia topics include funeral facts, helping children understand death, and business matters after death. (SK)

The traditional role of universities has been expanded to include community education and continuous learning. In India, universities are becoming involved in the National Adult Education Programme. NAEP encompasses literacy education, rural extension activities, and linkage with the national social work program, with emphasis on training the…

A study on the readability of publications of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service shows that most are written at the 12th-grade level, though the average Floridian reads at the sixth-grade level. The materials present a barrier to comprehension by limited-resource audiences in Florida. (JOW)

The full master's degree program in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts is available to students at off-campus industrial sites through videotape, bringing continuing education to practicing engineers who otherwise would have few opportunities for advanced learning. (Author/CMV)

Discusses the current trends towards distance learning from the institutional point of view, considers their implications for institutional organizations, and compares them with other forms of opening up learning opportunities for individuals. (Author)

Observations of and discussions with four Scottish farmers showed that learning processes were more effective than classic planning processes in dealing with change in farm management. Their stages of learning resembled stages of the strategic planning process. (SK)