Section IV: Meeting the Challenge of the Adult Learner

Those who till the fields of Academe know that while the basic topography may remain essentially the same over the years, there are always enough changes-in climate, in availability of resources, in supply and demand, in technology-to make the enterprise interesting. Indeed, each decade seems to bring with it a virtual cornucopia of challenges. Certainly the 1980\u27s delivered its fair share of issues and concerns, including that of dealing with the emergence of the adult learner as one of the major forces in higher education