European case studies on strategies for adult education are presented as representative or exemplary approaches to universal access. Each is described within a historical and social context: the British Community Colleges and the Open University; the Swedish Study Circles; the Evening Folk High School in Germany; the social-cultural animation concept in France; correspondence education in Norway; local education networks in the Netherlands; the Folk High Schools of Denmark; and the '150 Hours' program for workers in Italy. Outlined are forms of organization, legislation, regulation, and measures taken to encourage participation of adults in learning. Chapter One, "Introduction: Structures and Organization of Adult Education," examines: purpose and scope of the study; growth and identity of adult education; determining factors of organization and structure; motivation for provision; attracting the adult to study; problems of scale; growth of legislation; types of providing body; range of provision; forms of learning experience; mechanisms of facilitation and inducement; and scope of legislation. Other chapters examine adult education in the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Federal German Republic, France, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Italy. A glossary of non-English terms, a bibliography, and an index are provided. (LC)