This guide is designed to help secondary and postsecondary vocational-technical administrators plan, implement, and maintain occupational training programs that would meet the needs of adults. Because the educational market is changing, the educational sector must change accordingly. Chapter I of part 1, which focuses on adult education, attempts to document the impetus and the need for change. Chapter II deals with the concept of lifelong learning. Chapter III makes some generalizations about the learning characteristics of adults. Part 2 focuses on types of programming and services. The eight chapters describe basic skills development/high school equivalency programs; transition centers/reentry programs; educational brokering services/education information centers; credit for"noncredit" experiences; distance education; programs redefining prime time; other support services; and customized training programs. Part 3 focuses on adult vocational program planning. Topics covered in the eight chapters include program design, basis for planning, planning questions, staffing, provisions for quick start and phaseout, promotion and recruitment, program evaluation and accreditation, and putting plans into action. Fourteen samples provide a variety of items: excerpts from a faculty handbook, information about programs, examples of forms, a policy statement, and lists or outlines of: teacher competencies; performance-based teacher education modules; accelerated degree opportunities; and "Education in the Year 2000." Optional activities at the end of several chapters suggest additional reading. (YLB)