Increase Educational Opportunity for Adults: A Canadian Example.

Kaufman, David; Sweet, Robert

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Publication Date: 1983

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Increase Educational Opportunity for Adults: A Canadian Example.

Kaufman, David; Sweet, Robert

Higher Education in Europe, v18 n3 p15-25 Jul-Sep 1983

Aspects of the development of the Open Learning Institute, a British Columbia program to accommodate the learning needs of adult and minority students, are described. Included are its early history and evaluation of its success according to four criteria: access, relevancy to needs and expectations, quality of program offerings, and learner outcomes. (MSE)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education, Open Universities, Outcomes of Education, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Relevance (Education)

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