Common Concerns: the Position of the Adult Education Association of the U.S.a

Fifteen interrelated concerns of adult education are identified. They are: 1. agencies of adult education, 2. adult education and the process of social change, 3. the American adult as a learner, 4. objectives of adult education programs, 5. learning experiences especially for adults, 6. evaluation to improve program effective ness, 7. public understanding of adult education, 8. professionali zation and staff development, 9. appropriate facilities, 10. relations among adult education agencies, 11. relations with other agencies, 12. financing adult education, 13. a body of professional knowl edge, 14. research, 15. international adult education. For each concern a statement of the present situation, a list of goals and a platform statement of the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. is given.